Visually impaired women find hope in eastern Afghanistan
By Faramarz Barzin in Samarkhel, Afghanistan With tailored support, women who are blind are gaining the education, skills, and confidence to build a brighter, more independent future Inside a small, makeshift classroom in a village in Nangahar Province in eastern...Education Above All Foundation and UNHCR partner to enrol more out-of-school, refugee children
DOHA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and global development organization Education Above All (EAA) Foundation have signed a new, five-year agreement aimed at addressing the global challenge of out-of-school children (OOSC), including refugees, internally displaced...
Violence and xenophobia threaten access to education in Ecuador
For displaced young people like Gloria* and Ernesto* from Venezuela, access to school – a welcome sanctuary from their daily struggles – is threatened by a recent surge in criminal violence. By Diana Díaz and Ilaria Rapido in Guayaquil, Ecuador Gloria Fernández*, 18,...