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Theirworld is a global children’s charity committed to ending the global education crisis and unleashing the potential of the next generation. Its mission is to ensure that every child has the best start in life, a safe place to learn and the skills they need for the future. For media enquiries and interview requests, please get in touch with our media team at [email protected] For pictures and video requests please contact our communications team at [email protected]
Theirworld statement in response to foreign aid cut
Theirworld has criticised the UK Government for cutting overseas aid from 0.7% to 0.5% of gross national income.
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Theirworld joins almost 200 charities in calling on PM not to cut UK spend on aid
An open letter warns a reduction would pose “a significant threat to development and could seriously jeopardise the UK’s long-term global Covid-19 response".
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Theirworld launches The Key digital toolkit to make case for education
The free resource is crammed with messages, statistics, taking points and infographics about dozens of subjects where education plays a key role.
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New ‘Snakes and Ladders’ Game Exposes Global Education Crisis
Global leaders receive game ahead of next week’s UN General Assembly Dr Who actor Pearl Mackie backs campaign to highlight education crisisOne billion children - 60% of global total - are currently not in school
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Call for international law reform to protect children in conflict
On this 1st International Day to "Protect Education From Attack" leading lawyers supported by Theirworld, Save the Children & Edinburgh University Global Health Academy sets out proposals designed to end what has justly been described as ‘the war on children’.
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Syria Conference: a “Gross Failure of Political Leadership”
Today world leaders fell short of honouring their 2016 pledge that there would be #NoLostGeneration and Syrian children would get an education. They failed to commit funds and prioritise education. This is what a failure of political leadership looks like.
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World leaders should not give up on the children of Syria
Almost 750,000 Syrian refugee children are still not in schoolA ‘lost generation’ of children risk being forgottenEducation must be central to next week’s global conference on Syria
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Dutch Postcode Lottery Awards Theirworld €1.35m for Emergency Covid-19 Education on the Greek Islands
Theirworld, the global children’s education charity, has been awarded €1.35 million ($1.53 million) to fund emergency education for thousands of refugee children on the Greek islands during the Covid-19 epidemic, in partnership with Education Cannot Wait, a global fund for education in emergencies.
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Press Release – Despite promises top education donors leave the youngest and most vulnerable children behind (April 4, 2019)
New report from global children’s charity Theirworld reveals that total international funding for early childhood education in the world's poorest countries has dropped to just $0.26 per child per year.
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Press Release – Global Charity Theirworld Receives €4.5 Million (£3.87m) from the Dutch Postcode Lottery to Invest in Education for Children in Emergencies (March 5, 2019)
A special award allows Theirworld to join forces with the Education Cannot Wait fund in a “next-generation” partnership to deliver education to thousands of young children in war zones and disaster areas Theirworld will be first charity donor to a major global education fund Rapid emergency assistance to be deployed to support refugee and displaced children Theirworld’s grant will match contributions by other private donors to multiply impact
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