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© UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1096/Kate HoltA girl with a speech problem receives speech therapy at the Voinicel Centre in Chisinau, the capital Moldova, Republic of, 2011 NEWS NOTE MOSCOW, 27 September 2011 –...
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© UNICEF/UGDA2012-00127/Michele Sibiloni Denis Komakech, 17, who is a blind student, is using his laptop at Gulu High School, northern Uganda, an inclusive school with a special needs annex for...
View ArticleIn Zimbabwe, the Education Transition Fund is rewriting Zimbabwe’s education...
By Suzanne Beukes Harare, Zimbabwe, 11 July 2012 – Using a machine resembling a typewriter, 15-year-old Kubulani Mbusa creates an embossed pattern on a white page. “This is my name,” he said proudly....
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The Education Transition Fund (ETF) came about in 2009 to address the dire needs of the country’s education system, which has suffered teacher shortages, a pupil-to-textbook ratio of 10-to-1, and high...
View Article“Inclusive education is a right and human rights don’t have a cost”
NEW YORK, 04 October 2012 Richard Rieser is the managing director of World of Inclusion, an expert disabled international equality trainer, consultant and teacher. Recently, Mr. Rieser is supporting...
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© UNICEF Iraq/2013/NilesIt's been more than a month that 9-year-old Ciba has lived in Kawergosk refugee camp, where she lacks access to special needs teaching. Before her family fled to Iraq, the...
View ArticleDespite gains, future of Afghan girls’ education remains uncertain
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visited Afghanistan to see first-hand the progress made in girls education. While noting the remarkable gains, he said much more still needed to be done. KABUL,...
View ArticlePodcast #88: A more accessible world so that everyone can dream as big as...
© UNICEF/NYHQ2013-0243/Ehrin MackseyViet Nam, 2013 Sixteen young people with disabilities participated in the workshop, during which they created one-minute films about overcoming disability. NEW YORK,...
View ArticleBringing learning to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
“A child in school is a child protected.” – UNICEF Representative in Lebanon Annamaria Laurini BEIRUT, Lebanon, 14 January 2014 – Many of the younger children struggle to hold a pen. Some don’t know...
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