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Bamba (age 10) left school for two years to work seven days a week at a store, in Zanzan Region of Côte d’Ivoire. With the aid of the local School Girl Mothers’ Club, Bamba returned to her studies in 2009. Now she works only on weekends. Primary school enrolment in the impoverished region is only 40 per cent; it is even lower among girls. UNICEF supports every child’s right to education.
©UNICEF/Oliver Asselin
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 13 November 2012
A girl attends school in the village of Mélé, Central African Republic – because of conflict, only half of the children in the region go to school.
Girls and women continue to endure high rates of gender-related violence, especially in conflict-affected northern parts of the country. And, more than one third of the population is affected by warring parties, who have destroyed vital infrastructure, including schools.
©UNICEF/Pierre Holtz
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Today is World Teacher’s Day!
This year’s theme is, “Take a stand for teachers!”
Tell us about your favourite teacher. How did they inspire you?
Pictured, a girl writes on a blackboard with help from her teacher in southern Sindh Province, Pakistan.
© UNICEF/Asad Zaidi
Girls walk arm-in-arm outside Likoli, a UNICEF-supported primary school in the village of Zakpota, in central Benin. UNICEF provides Likoli and surrounding schools with supplies, classroom furniture, and training for teachers. One girl carries a UNICEF-supplied slate. Their book bags bear the UNICEF logo.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2866/Julie Pudlowski
Children enter Sumeiah Primary School in the remote, desert village of Muredifeia in Hodeidah Governorate in Yemen. As is typical in the area, more boys than girls attend the overcrowded, thatched-hut school. UNICEF supports the school with books, learning materials and other supplies.
© UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi
VIDEO REPORT: Rewriting Zimbabwe’s education system
UNICEF reports on the Education Transition Fund, which is is providing learning resources and improving school quality for the most vulnerable and marginalized children in Zimbabwe, including those with disabilities.
Learn more: http://uni.cf/NlWwm1
VIDEO REPORT: In Tanzania, engaging approaches to primary school improves learning
In 2009, the Government of Tanzania, with technical and financial support from UNICEF, launched a strategy for improving teaching in primary schools. The strategy challenged the traditional ‘chalk and talk’ teaching methods and encouraged a more interactive and participatory learning approach. Since then, thousands of children in Tanzania have benefitted from this new style of teaching, which has increased confidence, self-esteem, curiosity and enjoyment in the classroom. The benefits have been evident across the board – students are more engaged and teachers’ morale has received a boost.
Learn more: http://uni.cf/LbRtQL
An outreach worker from the city’s Department of Social Welfare speaks with an 11-year-old girl whom she found on the street at night in Bolivar Park in the neighbourhood of Niquiato, in Medellín, Columbia. The outreach team also includes members from the UNICEF-assisted ‘School Going to the Child’ programme. They hope to identify children who live or work on the streets or who are being abused or sexually exploited, and persuade them to go to shelters where they can receive food and social services and begin the process of returning to school.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2009-1797/Susan Markisz
PHOTO OF THE WEEK - June 26, 2012
Since its civil war ended in October 2011, Libya has continued to make significant strides toward recovery – including a return to school for over 1.2 million children. Still, tens of thousands of people remain displaced, public services are not fully restored, and large swathes of cities exposed to fighting remain destroyed.
A girl in Sirte, the scene of a weeks-long final battle.
©UNICEF/Diffidenti
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VIDEO REPORT - Earthquake-resistant schools inaugurated
Fifty-five UNICEF-constructed earthquake-resistant schools are inaugurated in quake-affected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
To date, UNICEF has completed 681 schools of the 705 that it had pledged to build in the earthquake-affected regions of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Pakistan-administered Kashmir. More than 65,000 children are enrolled in these schools, many of whom had never before been to school.
Full story: http://uni.cf/O5LFh7
