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International Day of the Girl Child

Thursday, October 10, 2019

International Day of the Girl Child: Getting girls in the classroom and keeping them there

The United Nations has declared 11 October as International Day of the Girl Child to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.

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Elijah reads to children at a World Vision reading camp in Ghana

Bringing mother language education home

By Andrew Ofosu-Dankyi, World Vision Ghana Growing up, our teachers used the mother language to instruct us in...

Zambia becomes first country in Africa to adopt MEQA to track progress for Unlock Literacy programme

Ministry of General Education (MoGE) Permanent Secretary, Jobbricks Kalumba has commended World Vision for strengthening its Literacy...

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 21:59

Featured Image: Community reading club volunteer, Jenara Mumbulu, listens to and helps Lightwell, 10, with his reading at a World Vision's reading camp in Zambia. (Photo credit: Laura Reinhardt / World Vision).

It takes a village to teach children to read

Featured Image: Community reading club volunteer, Jenara Mumbulu, listens to and helps Lightwell, 10, with his reading...

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 21:27

Mother and infant at Go Baby Go training in Haiti

Go Baby Go: Laying a strong foundation for learning in Haiti

By Guy Faubert Vital-Herne, World Vision Haiti For struggling mothers in rural Haiti, life can seem like a...

Supporting mother language learning and life skills in Guatemala

By Claudia Alejandra Hurtarte Naz USAID and World Vision, together with partner organisations, are implementing the Puentes...

Thursday, February 21, 2019 - 01:15

Child holds mother language book

The Alphabet Song

By Nissi Thapa, World Vision Nepal A curious-looking boy stands up in front of twenty children. “Kapuri...

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 19:45

Young refugee girl gets an education despite the odds

Story and photos by Susan Otieno, Communications Officer, World Vision Kenya Fleeing the war Nyakuei was shocked. Her...

Changing my future by choosing education

By: Sunha Hwang, WVI Basic Education Atlas Corps Fellow “I want to go to an academic high...

Friday, April 7, 2017 - 16:30

The audacity of educating children for life

Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr is renowned globally for his extraordinary efforts to fight the injustices...

Monday, March 27, 2017 - 11:31

The importance of learning to read in my mother language

Until I joined a reading programme [1] in Ghana, I used to think that teaching children in their...

Making education safe for all

I stood at the front of a training room in West Africa, trying to moderate a heated...

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 11:00

Tizta, 9, reads a story to her family outside their home in Ethiopia

The power of story telling for teaching and learning

I woke up today reminiscing about how the world has come to appreciate days like World Teachers’...

Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 21:22

Happy World Teachers' Day!

October 5 is World Teachers' Day! Together with schools and ministries of education around the globe, World Vision...

What's your favourite book?

Ahead of International Literacy Day, we spoke to children and asked them, “What is your favourite book?”...

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 14:00

Hannah from Ghana proudly displays her favourite book

International Literacy Day turns 50!

This year marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day and at World Vision we are taking...

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 13:30

Early Childhood Development: “The education vaccine.”

By Ted Neill, Early Childhood Care and Development Specialist, World Vision It was at an early childhood development...

Emelyne at her local reading club

Many paths lead to keeping children in school in Burundi

Written by Javan Niyakire, World Vision At the bottom of Ngayane Hill in Ntunda, Karusi Province, Burundi,...

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 15:22

Reading club in Nepal

Reading clubs in Nepal support children’s learning

Nine-year-old Prem sits listening to the story that volunteer reading club facilitator, Raj Kumari, is reading out....

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 14:00

Celebrating inclusive education in Albania

Children with disabilities must benefit from quality education

As I sat in a workshop on disabilities recently, I thought a lot about a close family member...

Listening to the teaching on the radio in Sierra Leone

Education after Ebola

Sierra Leone is the 72nd country I’ve visited, personally and professionally. As I board the boat from...

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 19:45

Improving children's literacy in Ethiopia through quality education

Together with communities, schools, partners, families and donors, World Vision is reaching over 900,000 Ethiopian children with...

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Monday, June 20, 2016 - 19:40

Ali, a Syrian refugee boy in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, sells tissues on the street to earn money for his family.

The invisible needs of refugee children must be met

Amira is a refugee child and is beaten when she makes mistakes at work. Nour is a daughter...

Children smile at a Literacy Boost reading club in Ghana

Creating “magical” moments in education

As a basic education specialist at World Vision, one of the perks of my job is seeing...

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 20:19

Learning and fun for displaced children in Iraq

Since the beginning of the current humanitarian crisis in Iraq, more than three million school-aged children and...

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 07:44

Mothers help children learn to read

All mothers want their children to succeed in school – here’s how to make that happen

My daughter was five-years-old when we discovered her learning disability. She loved listening to books and being read...