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Justin van Fleet
“I know firsthand the impact the environment has in early childhood”
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
13 Aug 2025
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Meet the super seven winners of our third Education Innovation Awards
Targeted at preschool children, these exciting initiatives have taken part in our masterclasses and will receive mentoring and £50,000 grants to reach even more learners.
A turning point for early years investment
UN education envoy Gordon Brown calls on world leaders to invest at least $1 billion in the world’s youngest children as a new Theirworld report reveals UNICEF and the World Bank are leading the way.
Mini President Biden demands world leaders Act For Early Years
A delegation of little US leaders delivered a powerful message outside the White House about the need for urgent investment in childcare and early education.
African leaders to champion investment in early years
A Theirworld-hosted event during a conference in Tanzania featured commitments from African Union leaders and passionate pleas from our Global Youth Ambassadors.
Our support for Ukraine education makes headlines
On the second anniversary of the conflict, TV stations and other media outlets featured Theirworld’s involvement in the Museum of Mathematics in Kyiv and the country’s early years learning programme.
“I want to see young people taking the world by storm”
A Theirworld Global Ambassador in Nigeria talks about her background, her social enterprise’s work in six countries and her hopes for the future.
One year on: how emergency aid helped children traumatised by earthquake
A programme supported by Theirworld reached thousands of children - many of them refugees - who were affected by the disaster that struck Turkey.
Conflicts, climate crises and discrimination have battered education
A series of devastating events over the past year continue to disrupt schooling for millions of children - but Theirworld’s projects, campaigns and youth activism are striving to make a difference.
Learning boost for Ukrainian children shut out of school for years
Theirworld and our business initiative are members of the new Device Coalition - launched with the aim of delivering 125,000 digital devices to students and teachers affected by the war.
Refugee children design their own climate solutions
A project supported by Theirworld in the Netherlands allows displaced children to explore the effects of climate change and how to come up with their own solutions.