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A new three-year partnership between UNICEF and Japan's aid agency will help transform education for nearly 4.5 million children in Madagascar, where only 23% of kids can read at grade level. The collaboration focuses on teacher training, keeping kids in school, and rebuilding classrooms destroyed by natural disasters.
The great-great-grandchildren of the men behind America's most infamous segregation case met in 2003 and became friends. Their partnership shows how we can move forward from painful history together.
A Tennessee children's hospital has been renamed in honor of Dolly Parton after decades of her support for kids' health and education. The country icon has given millions to help children, from free books to vaccine research.
Morocco just delivered six months of back pay to 10,000 social workers who support children with disabilities, ending a financial crisis that threatened vital services. The move ensures thousands of families will continue receiving the care and education their children depend on.
Ghana just made a landmark commitment to its youngest citizens with a new national policy focused on early childhood care and development. The move positions the West African nation as a leader in investing in children's futures from birth through age eight.
A Kolkata lawyer invested his life savings to transform forgotten Sundarbans land into India's first dragonfly conservation pond. Now it controls mosquitoes naturally, supports biodiversity, and teaches thousands of children about living ecosystems.
Ten-year-old Palestinian Khalil Islam Abou Dagga arrived in Tunisia this week to receive specialized orthopedic treatment, joining 173 injured children and adults who've found medical care there since October 2023. The country has opened its doors and hospitals to families in need, covering all costs from housing to healthcare.
Between 2019 and 2023, special one-stop centers in Liberia provided comprehensive care to more than 225,500 women and children who experienced violence, offering everything from medical care to legal support under one roof. Social workers and survivors say these centers are finally bringing hope and justice to communities where 70% of assaults happen within families.
A Vietnamese toddler pronounced likely vegetative after a near-fatal drowning is now walking and talking, thanks to an experimental treatment his doctors provided free of charge. His recovery is rewriting what's possible for children with severe brain injuries.
When children in rural Nicaragua can't afford school uniforms, they're barred from class and vulnerable to trafficking. Illinois volunteers just changed that for over 100 students.
Over a thousand students, mostly schoolchildren, packed Bengaluru's Raman Research Institute for National Science Day, exploring everything from live satellite feeds to minerals from Sir C V Raman's personal collection. The institute opened rarely-seen spaces including a private museum and let kids decode real satellite images showing weather patterns over India.
For 77 years, children in Kodenar village trekked 7 kilometers through dense forests for school. Now, 25 students are learning in their own village for the first time ever.
Lapeer County, Michigan just hit an incredible milestone: every PreK through 6th grade student now has a dedicated college savings account. The LEAF program has been quietly building educational futures since 2019.
Martial arts legend Jackie Chan is donating his entire $400 million fortune to charity instead of leaving it to his son. He believes children should earn their own success, not inherit wealth.
Shirley Horn, taken from her family at age five, worked with an Anishinaabe author to create a children's book blending truth and hope. The illustrated story preserves history while showing the resilience of children who survived Canada's residential school system.
For 12 consecutive years, Paul Rudd has assembled celebrity bowling tournaments that fund life-changing programs for children who stutter. What started as research for a Broadway role became the actor's longest-running project, raising money for free therapy, creative arts programs, and the world's largest summer camp for kids who stutter.
Despite a disease outbreak keeping cows away, France's biggest farming show still welcomed thousands of children eager to learn about rural life. Farmers are bridging the urban-rural divide one hands-on lesson at a time.
A Tennessee children's hospital now bears Dolly Parton's name, honoring decades of giving rooted in watching her father struggle without literacy. Her Imagination Library has mailed 270 million free books to children worldwide.
A mother in rural Australia created a weighted sensory cape that helps her son with autism stay calm during haircuts and meals. The invention is now helping neurodivergent and neurotypical kids manage overwhelming situations.
When two Tennessee mothers learned their children share an ultra-rare neurological disorder, they discovered something remarkable: a cure exists. Now they're hosting a superhero run to help bring that gene therapy to their kids and fewer than 500 other patients worldwide.
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