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Every child has the right to feel hopeful about the world
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”
16 Sep 2025
Theirworld and The Observer Studios launch The Education Issue: a newspaper created by young reporters from around the world
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Global Youth Ambassadors champion the early years at G20 summit
Global leaders unite to champion first-ever early years finance summit
Theirworld report reveals aid to pre-primary education was cut at peak of pandemic
As our Act For Early Years campaign calls for world leaders to invest in the early years, new research shows that donors reduced their pre-primary spending at the height of the Covid-19 crisis.
“I’m passionate about education after spending a decade trapped on a boat as a child”
Author and business leader Suzanne Heywood donated proceeds from the launch of her remarkable new memoir to Theirworld - here she talks about her childhood and the value of learning.
One giant LEAP: children go from the street to school success
Learning support assistants and parenting workshops are key parts of a project supported by Theirworld in Kenya that has worked with more than 200 street-connected children.
Technology skills are changing the lives of these girls
To mark International Day of Girls in ICT on April 27, our new film shows how Theirworld’s Skills for Their Future programme is helping girls in Tanzania prepare for technology careers
“The potential for climate education as a tool for climate action is huge”
To celebrate Earth Day, we talk to Shweta Bahri - co-founder of the education technology company Earth Warriors, which works with Theirworld to deliver climate education to rural schools in Zambia and Botswana.
Expert Voices
G20 leaders must act to end the early years crisis
Join Theirworld’s call to the world’s most powerful countries over the need for quality childcare and pre-primary education for every child.
Act For Early Years: Theirworld calls for a global movement to support the youngest children
We will bring together a broad range of networks, campaigns and voices to ensure a revolution in the delivery of childcare and pre-primary education.
Soaring cost of childcare forces parents to make tough choices
A global survey for Theirworld reveals that nursery and preschool fees have to led to parents quitting jobs, dropping out of education and even stopping or reducing childcare services.
Theirworld, Your Walk: a step-by-step guide to our big fundraising challenge
Sign up now to take our steps challenge throughout June and help us to make this a better world for children.
Girls in Nigeria use STEM skills to break down gender barriers
A project supported by Theirworld’s Small Grants Programme educates and mentors schoolgirls to become advocates for science, technology, engineering and mathematics in their communities.