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Report provides data on out-of-school children in Jordan before COVID-19 pandemic

A new report released jointly by UNICEF and the Ministry of Education has shown that the numbers of children not attending primary education in Jordan has remained steady despite the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis, with 4.7 per cent of children aged 6 to 11 years out of school….

‘Our children die in our hands’: Floods ravage South Sudan

On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to rise….

Child labor, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener future

The battle to stave off Earth’s looming climate crisis is driving engineers to develop hosts of new green technologies. …

Life a ‘waking nightmare’ for 12 million children in Yemen

“Over 80 per cent of people require urgent humanitarian assistance and protection. Including 12 million children, whose lives are a waking nightmare….

Why are teachers’ faces covered in stickers? To get kids engaged in remote school

Diane Moon tried everything she could think of to get her students to participate in virtual learning: random name calls, breakout rooms, competitions for extra credit, movement breaks….

“Person of the Year” for 2020

“Small steps might result in great change as these children on a daily basis make constant changes in their societies in a fun, effective and easily accessible way,” this statement delivered by Time editor of children stories, Andrea Del Batco highlights the importance of the achievement that caused a 15-year-old girl to appear on the cover of the Time magazine for 2020….