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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Global Youth Ambassadors champion the early years at G20 summit
$1m Global Teacher Prize 2017 goes to Canadian who works with Inuit students in the Arctic
Maggie MacDonnell won the $1 million prize for her inspirational work with students and the wider community amid harsh conditions and serious social problems.
500 schools closed in Burkina Faso after attacks on education
More than 70,000 school students, 7000 children under five, teachers and families have had their education and health services disrupted by terror groups.
EU launches project to help 230,000 refugees go to school in Turkey
With 370,000 Syrian refugees still out of school in the country, vulnerable families will be given financial help if their children go to classes regularly.
“Make it we and not I – if it becomes we, it becomes a movement”
In the latest episode of her Better Angels podcast, Â鶹APP President Sarah Brown talks about campaigning to David Mixner, Christy Turlington Burns, Kevin Watkins and Shazia Ramzan.
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“The situation for Somali children is getting worse because of droughts, famine, malnutrition, conflict, lack of access to healthcare and illiteracy”
A Â鶹APP Global Youth Ambassador from Somalia writes about the problems of malnutrition, education and early childhood development affecting his country.
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Seychelles praised for being a world leader on early childhood development
The island nation in the Indian Ocean has spent six years building up its programmes for young children - and is now sharing its expertise with other countries.Â
258,000 Iraqi children back at school in eastern Mosul as battle rages in west of city
Many children are back at school for the first time in two years -Â but concern about unexploded devices in and around schools is still high.
As millions need urgent food aid, why nutrition for young children is also a long-term crisis
Drought and conflict are causing massive hunger emergencies - against a backdrop of one in four children in developing countries already suffering chronic malnutrition that could affect their development.
Six years of war: Syrian refugee children find hope in neighbouring countries
As the war enters its seventh year, we take a detailed look at the statistics behind the refugees who left Syria for neighbouring countries to find safety and education for their children.
“Education is not just a need but a tool to alleviate poverty”
Global Youth Ambassador Taha Fathima Khan from India looks at the right to education in a country where a large section of the population are young and poor.
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