5 innovative ways kids are going back to school
By Alison Ralph, World Vision Canada
For many families around the world the changing of the seasons—from summer to fall—is synonymous with the start of a new school year.
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5 innovative ways kids are going back to school
By Alison Ralph, World Vision Canada For many families around the world the changing of the seasons—from summer...
Trained teachers: A key to unlocking literacy for the most vulnerable children
By Andrew Clucas, Senior Advisor, Quality and Innovation – Education Today, more children around the world are...
Education builds hope for Syrian refugee children
The emotional, social, and physical development of young children has a direct effect on their overall development...
The Global Forum for Refugees must do more on education
By Kerin Ord, Global Sector Lead – Education, World Vision International What early learning looks like I was...
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’...
Bringing mother language education home
By Andrew Ofosu-Dankyi, World Vision Ghana Growing up, our teachers used the mother language to instruct us...
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 Programme...
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...
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...
Supporting mother language learning and life skills in Guatemala
By Claudia Alejandra Hurtarte NazUSAID and World Vision, together with partner organisations, are implementing the Puentes Project in...
The Alphabet Song
By Nissi Thapa, World Vision Nepal A curious-looking boy stands up in front of twenty children. “Kapuri...
Young refugee girl gets an education despite the odds
Story and photos by Susan Otieno, Communications Officer, World Vision Kenya Fleeing the warNyakuei 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 school...
The audacity of educating children for life
Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr is renowned globally for his extraordinary efforts to fight the injustices...
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 discussion...
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’...
Happy World Teachers' Day!
October 5 is World Teachers' Day! Together with schools and ministries of education around the globe, World...
What's your favourite book?
Ahead of International Literacy Day, we spoke to children and asked them, “What is your favourite book?” We...
International Literacy Day turns 50!
This year marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day and at World Vision we are taking...
Early Childhood Development: “The education vaccine.”
By Ted Neill, Early Childhood Care and Development Specialist, World Vision It was at an early childhood...
Many paths lead to keeping children in school in Burundi
Written by Javan Niyakire, World VisionAt the bottom of Ngayane Hill in Ntunda, Karusi Province, Burundi, children used...
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...
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...
Education after Ebola
Sierra Leone is the 72nd country I’ve visited, personally and professionally. As I board the boat from the...