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In countries across the globe, children are already enjoying their long summer or winter break �鶹APP� or looking forward to it starting soon.

Holidays have begun in the United States, Canada, Turkey, Russia, Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and many other countries. In South Africa, the winter school holidays are underway. Children in other countries such as Nigeria, Mexico, England, China and Japan are looking forward to their vacations.

We�鶹APP�re halfway through 2019 already �鶹APP� so what better time to take stock of a busy start to the year and look back at just some of �鶹APP�鶹APP�s work on education campaigns, projects and research?

Calls for action in the wake of �鶹APP�鶹APP�s hard-hitting report on safe schools continued to grow. UNICEF chief Henrietta Fore and World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva were among those demanding change to improve the safety of children and teachers in and around schools.

The report Safe Schools: The Hidden Crisis projected that 620 million girls and boys �鶹APP� nearly 40% of all school-age children worldwide �鶹APP� will live in countries where their education is at risk from environmental threats, war or violence by 2030. Around 75% of these children and young people �鶹APP� almost 470 million �鶹APP� will leave school without having achieved basic literacy and numeracy learning outcomes.

The report included a range of recommendations and a Framework for Action that outlined how these threats to the education of children can be tackled.

Here�鶹APP�s what Fore said about our report.

“Every child deserves to learn in a safe school�鶹APP�” is one of the growing list of global leaders who have called for urgent action on following the publication of ‘s report

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Their News told how teachers at Turkish schools are being trained how to help traumatised Syrian refugee children.

The Trauma-Informed Schools project �鶹APP� run by Maya Vakfi (Maya Foundation) and supported by �鶹APP �鶹APP� has helped more than 3,500 children and trained nearly 800 teachers to spot the signs of trauma and learn how to help those affected.

Fiona Duggan, Head of Projects at �鶹APP, said: �鶹APP�This school training programme plays a vital part in equipping teachers with the skills they need to help Syrian children manage the trauma they have experienced, so that they can fully embrace all that school has to offer, including learning, making friends and realising their full potential.�鶹APP�

 

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Learning while having fun is key to the success of �鶹APP�鶹APP�s Code Clubs in four sub-Saharan African countries and Lebanon. To mark International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrated the achievements of the clubs and their students.

�鶹APP developed the low-cost model of safe, sustainable and scalable Code Clubs, where girls can learn to code, foster creative thinking and increase important knowledge and skills for the future.

Find out from one student in Kenya why she loves going to Code Clubs.

Meet Sarah. She is ten years old and one of 800 girls who we have reached through our . Here she tells us why computer class is her favourite part of school.

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�鶹APP received some amazing grants from the People�鶹APP�s Postcode Lottery organisations during March to help our work on education.

The Dutch Postcode Lottery (Nationale Postcode Loterij) announced a 4.50 million euros ($5.10 million) award for 2019 as part of a total award of 8.55 million euros ($9.61 million).

This included a special award of 3.15 million euros ($3.57 million) to launch a unique public-private partnership between �鶹APP and Education Cannot Wait to provide first-response education initiatives in emergencies, including refugee children in the Greek islands.

The People�鶹APP�s Postcode Lottery UK also awarded £650,000 ($860,000) to �鶹APP to help fund our work on ensuring that every child has the best start in life and access to quality education.

Ahead of the Supporting Syria and the Region conference in Brussels, we looked at how education is being delivered to Lebanon�鶹APP�s refugee population.

Thanks to the support  of the players of the People�鶹APP�s Postcode Lottery, �鶹APP will begin investing in early years education in Lebanon later this year. We have been running education pilot projects there for over three years.

Since �鶹APP launched projects in two Lebanese public schools in 2015, more than 4,000 Lebanese and Syrian refugee children have benefited from education technology and nutritious daily snacks that help them to learn and to achieve the most during their school years. �鶹APP�鶹APP�s work now extends to providing extra-curricular coding classes for over 300 Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian girls.

At , world leaders referenced the importance of quality education for Syrian refugees �鶹APP� but did not say how they will get the 800,000 out of school children into a classroom. We will continue to tell them: ???? . ????

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�鶹APP�鶹APP�s annual International Women�鶹APP�s Day event in London highlighted our #WriteTheWrong campaign for the 260 million children out of school �鶹APP� and its focus on safe schools where children can learn free from fear and violence.

Three amazing young women �鶹APP� all members of our network of Global Youth Ambassadors �鶹APP� shared their stories of overcoming the odds to fight for girls�鶹APP� education worldwide. Shazia Ramzan, Kainat Riaz and Yara Eid were targeted simply for wanting to go to school and realise their potential.

The �鶹APP #WriteTheWrong Award went to lawyer Shaheed Fatima, who has tirelessly championed for the protection of vulnerable and marginalised children living in conflict-affected areas. The �鶹APP Inspiration Award was given to Jude Kelly, who has provided a platform for thousands of women�鶹APP�s voices as CEO of the Southbank Centre in London and founder of the WOW (Women of the World) festivals.

�鶹APP published a report that revealed the international community has cut the funding and prioritisation of early childhood education. Leaving The Youngest Behind showed that 16 of the top 25 donors to global education aid gave nothing or reduced their previous spending on pre-primary education.

Between 2015 and 2017, aid spent on early childhood education declined by 27%, from $94.8 million to $68.8 million. That equates to just 26 US cents per child per year in the world�鶹APP�s poorest countries. Children in conflict-affected countries are even worse off, with only 17 cents per child per year directed to early childhood education.

�鶹APP�It is shocking that world leaders talk about the importance of investing in children at the same time as they decrease support for the youngest and most vulnerable children who deserve the best start in life,�鶹APP� said �鶹APP President Justin van Fleet.

Just days later, �鶹APP and UNICEF called on countries and international donors to increase and prioritise their spending on early childhood education. They said action is needed urgently to help more than 175 million of the world�鶹APP�s youngest and most disadvantaged children get access to crucial pre-primary education.

�鶹APP�It�鶹APP�s not that people don�鶹APP�t care. Every single donor and every organisation cares �鶹APP� but the commitments have to add up,�鶹APP� said van Fleet at an event hosted by �鶹APP, UNICEF and the Global Business Coalition for Education in Washington, DC.

Sarah Brown, founder and Chair of �鶹APP, launched a new series of �鶹APP� the podcast for the activist spirit �鶹APP� by exploring different types of campaigning styles, including introverts and extroverts.

The first episode focused on quiet activism, featuring some gentle voices whose powers of persuasion have marked them out as change-makers.

In need of ? The podcast will help you transform your voice into meaningful action.

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Only 2% of all humanitarian aid was being spent on education when �鶹APP began campaigning in 2015 for the international community to step up their efforts and increase that to at least 4% to 6%.

The European Union has led the way since then and in May EU humanitarian aid commissioner Christos Stylianides announced that 10% of its aid spending will go to education in 2019.

He said: �鶹APP�The European Union is leading by example. It is a global champion of education in emergencies. We are making a concrete investment to peace by helping every child get access to school, anywhere and at all times.�鶹APP�

Breakthrough moments don�鶹APP�t come around too often. But there was a big one this week when the European Union revealed that 10% of its humanitarian aid spending this year will go to education.

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�鶹APP has also been campaigning for several years for the right of all children to be given a safe, quality education �鶹APP� free from fear of conflict and violence.

Now 90 countries have signed up to the Safe Schools Declaration �鶹APP� a commitment to safeguard education from violence �鶹APP� and many are clamping down on the military use of schools.

This week Nicaragua this week became the latest country to add its name to the following the additions of Guatemala and The Gambia. Find out more: ttps://awrld.at/2QCKnyi ????

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The �鶹APP Edinburgh Birth Cohort aims to improve understanding of how being born early affects the brain and learning in children. Funded by �鶹APP, the study tests and measures the progress of premature babies over 25 years.

The cohort�鶹APP�s annual party in Scotland�鶹APP�s capital city brought together dozens of children and their families for an afternoon of fun and food. Parents praised the study, which draws on groundbreaking clinical and scientific research methods developed by the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory at the University of Edinburgh.

World Refugee Day saw new statistics that revealed a record high of 70.8 million people forcibly displaced from their homes by conflicts, violence and persecutions.

���ܳ����鶹APP revealed it will bring hope to refugee children living on the Greek Aegean islands. Many children living in poor conditions at reception centres will soon get access to education thanks to a partnership involving �鶹APP �鶹APP� through the charity�鶹APP�s work with the Dutch Postcode Lottery �鶹APP� and Education Cannot Wait.

Van Fleet said: �鶹APP�Within a few weeks, thanks to �鶹APP and the Dutch Postcode Lottery, projects will begin in the Greek island camps.

�鶹APP�These will offer non-formal education to children designed to jumpstart the learning process and restore their self-confidence and mental resilience, bringing a sense of normalcy to an otherwise chaotic environment.�鶹APP�

We are dedicated to ensuring every child has a safe place to learn. Our new project will deliver education to children from war-torn countries living in refugee camps on the Greek Aegean islands.

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