Aid cuts break the UK’s promise to prioritise education for girls
The reduction in overseas aid spending is devastating at a time when education can help to tackle climate change, poverty, conflict and gender inequality.
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Theirworld accuses UK of ‘surrendering its role’ by cutting aid to the most vulnerable
The decision will impact investment in global education and deny many marginalised children the chance to go to school and fulfil their potential.
World leaders will fail children unless they act urgently to increase investment in education
A new Theirworld report warns of an "alarming" funding gap and says the G7's current recovery plan risks leaving millions of vulnerable children behind.
Theirworld joins almost 200 charities in calling on Prime Minister 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".
As hotels open for tourists on the Greek islands, books should open for children
Unlike tourists getting ready to visit, over 42,000 refugees did not travel to Greece on chartered flights or ferries. Instead, they were forced by circumstance to make a dangerous trip across the Mediterranean Sea, in many cases fleeing violence and risking drowning and death in hope of a better future.
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