More investment in early years needed to help children succeed at school
Poor nutrition, stimulation and lack of learning opportunities need to be tackled if under-fives are to go on and succeed at primary school, says the World Bank.
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‘Children are like little sponges’: early learning can set them up for life
Learning is one of the key areas of nurturing care in Theirworld's #5for 5 campaign that very young children need to reach their full potential.
Sweet potato project gives vital vitamin boost to preschool children in Malawi
In an initiative to tackle malnutrition, children at a charity's preschools help to plant and harvest the healthy vegetables then eat them for lunch.
Millions of children under five still die each year from preventable causes
Progress has saved millions of young children - but treatable diseases and poor conditions are still contributing to the 15,000 deaths per day.
Helping every child: our top social media posts of 2017
Find out what Theirworld messages and films got the most shares, likes and retweets as we campaigned for education and early years care for every child.
2017 on film: how Theirworld is working to change the world
This year we've used the power of video storytelling to look at out-of-school refugees, girls' education and early childhood development.
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2017: a year of advances and challenges for early childhood development
We look at some of the issues, headlines and surprising stories that emerged over the past 12 months around the crucial first five years of a child's life.
‘A remarkable legacy’: Midwife who ran specialist therapy service for mums retires
Joan Taylor's reflex therapy for pregnant women in Fife, Scotland, was backed by the Jennifer Brown Research Fund.
400,000 children under five could die in DRC’s malnutrition crisis
Lifesaving interventions are needed if the children of war-torn Kasai are to survive - and then proper nutrition for them to thrive in the long term.
Air pollution threatens the brain development of millions of babies
Pollution is damaging not only their lungs but also their brains - and that could have lifelong consequences, UNICEF has warned.