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Â鶹APPœEducation funding plan will give children the better future they deserveÂ鶹APP
Find out what influential figures, international leaders and heads of UN agencies are saying about a bold idea to help deliver quality schooling for millions.
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Shakira thanks 1.5m youth campaigners calling for global education fund
In a special video message, the singer says their backing can "make the impossible possible" by getting millions of children into school.
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21,000 students and teachers harmed in attacks on schools around the world
A shocking report has revealed that in the five years up to 2017 there were 12,700 attacks in 41 countries - including bombings, sexual violence and child recruitment.
In schools, homes and villages … how 1.5m people signed a call for education funding plan
The petition demanding world leaders back a big idea to give more children a quality education will be delivered to the UN Secretary-General by youth campaigners.
Child marriage breakthrough as Delaware becomes first US state to close loopholes
Early marriage often means girls drop out of school and are at risk of health problems and abuse - so the decision has been greeted as "historic" by campaigners.
“Why education funding plan will deliver a brighter future for our children and communities”
Global Youth Ambassadors tell why a bold approach is needed - and what the launch of a big financing idea would mean for children who are out of school or not getting a quality education.
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Youth campaigners to deliver 1.5m calls for education funding to UN chief
Â鶹APP and our Global Youth Ambassadors have secured a meeting with António Guterres in New York in the big push to get every child into school.
Lured into work over summer holidays, many Indian children will never return to school
Agents often break promises to bring back children from factories or farms to their villages in time for the new school session.
“We engage students at an early age and equip them with good values”
Integrity Clubs in the DRC teach young people to become youth monitors and to reach out to their communities to make a positive impact.
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Three children shot dead by bandits on their way to school in Kenya
One of the victims was the son of a police chief - other attacks and flooding have kept thousands of students out of school in the area.