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1000 teachers to be trained for children with special needs
news Myanmar Times, 14 Dec 2016 (7 years ago )In order to improve education prospects for children with intellectual disabilities, the Myanmar Special Education Association (MSEA) has announced plans to pay for up to 1000 teachers across the country to undergo specialized training in 2017. The exclusion of, discrimination against and lack of... -
Education plans for illiterate, special needs children ready by April
news Myanmar Times, 14 Feb 2017 (7 years ago )Plans to raise the literacy rate in the country and to provide education to less fortunate children and youth will be ready by April end, said Dr Khine Myae, director general for the Alternative Education Department. “The Alternative Education Policy Framework is intended to provide the required ... -
Escaping the exorcist: Chad's 'snake children' turn carpenters and musicians
news Thomson Reuters Foundation, 01 Nov 2017 (6 years ago )N‘Djamena (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Koutu Saimon’s son, Wheener, was born almost four months premature and “as small as a mouse”, friends and relatives in Chad turned to the new mother and, with sidelong glances and in hushed voices, whispered to her to get rid of the baby. Koutu Saimon... -
Help! An Urgent Plea For Syrian Refugee Children In Lebanon
news Huffington Post, 06 Feb 2014 (10 years ago )Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s blog on the huff post entitled “An Urgent Plea for Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon”. Read more on the below link. -
Syrian school children allowed same access to education as Egypt
news Daily News Egypt, 17 Sep 2013 (10 years ago )The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed the Egyptian Ministry of Education’s announcement on Tuesday, which granted Syrian children continued access to education in the country. With the 2013/2014 school year set to begin on 21 September, the Minister of Education highlig... -
Statelessness: Over 40m children are unregistered in West Africa —UNICEF
news Nigerian Tribune, 11 May 2017 (7 years ago )Ms Marie-Pierre Poirier, Regional Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says about 40 million children under five are unregistered in the West African region Poirier made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Banjul at the end of the Ministerial... -
UN agencies welcome first relocation of unaccompanied children from Greece
news UNHCR/UNICEF/IOM, 15 Apr 2020 (4 years ago )IOM, the International Organization for Migration, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund, today welcomed the relocation of 12 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children from Greece to Luxembourg. The children, who had been living in overcrowded reception and identification cent... -
UNICEF: Silent Shame Bringing out the voices of children caught in the Lake Chad crisis
documentReport: Silent ShamePublish date: 10 April 2017 (7 years ago)
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Small Hands, Heave Burdens: how the Syria Conflict is driving more children into the workforce
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UNHCR Position Paper on Voluntary Return to Ukraine of Refugee Children without Parental Care - Bulgarian
documentUNHCR Position Paper on the Voluntary Return to Ukraine of refugee children without parental care, including unaccompanied children and children evacuated from care institutions in Ukraine, July 2023 ...Publish date: 3 July 2023 (1 year ago)
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