women farmers tend to their plant nursey in Cueicok, South Sudan

13 October 2024

Disaster Risk Reduction Day 2024
This year’s theme is focused on the role of education in ‘protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future’ (UN). Thanks to your support we are empowering marginalised communities...
Agal stands outside her home smiling to the camera. She is in her school uniform.

11 October 2024

International Day of the Girl: Agal’s Story
October 11th marks International Day of the Girl, which signifies the disproportionate challenges todays generation of girls must face across the globe. From period poverty to discrimination and violence,...
Teacher looks over students with chalkboards in an outdoor lesson.

05 October 2024

World Teacher Day 2024: Teacher-training in South Sudan
In 2023, an estimated 2.8 million children were out of school in South Sudan disadvantaged by poverty and displacement. War in Sudan and localised violence means the lives and...
adults take literacy classes under the shade of a tree in South Sudan.

08 September 2024

World Literacy Day 2024
Thanks to your generosity last year, 47,405 vulnerable people across Africa and the Middle East received access to quality education programmes at nursery, primary, secondary, vocational level and teacher...
a peaceful Gaza solidarity demonstrator holds sign that reads: "Dear future grandkids, we didn't look away. We didn't stay quiet"

19 August 2024

World Humanitarian Day: Bystander crisis
On our television screens, our smartphones and in the headlines, we are living in a time where crisis is being documented in real-time from news reporters and those experiencing...
youth climate activists pose with sign demanding climate action, Malawi

12 August 2024

World Youth Day 2024: Climate Champions!
This World Youth Day, we are showcasing the passionate advocacy work of African youth, who are bringing their energy and skills to bring positive change to their communities. Partnered...
children working farm with organic manure

07 August 2024

The future is in soil!
When we think of climate action often we focus on the skies and the greenhouse affect causing rising temperatures and sea levels but it is important to look down...
students of St Mary's Assumpta school in Adjumani wave at camera with teachers.

29 July 2024

New Latrines at St Mary’s Assumpta Girls Secondary School, Adjumani
Adjumani in Uganda is one of the poorest regions in the country home to largely displaced communities. St Mary’s Assumpta Girls Secondary School is a crucial support system for...
10 year old Moe reads from a page in a JRS education centre in Lebanon.

15 July 2024

Youth Skills Day: Moe’s Story
July 15th is World Youth Skills Day where we take a moment to recognize the importance of empowering young people with skills for employment, entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable development....
Batika, a refugee, poses for photo inside a tent in Renk with her children.

22 June 2024

Refugee Crisis: Witnessing the unimaginable
It’s hard to imagine being uprooted and forced to flea your home. The every day to day routines, of school-runs and commuting to work, of grocery shopping and that...
boy smiling outside tent in Renk refugee camp.

20 June 2024

World Refugee Day: At the Frontiers
This week we have been sharing stories from people facing the unimaginable. Without YOUR help, supporting the lives of brave and resilient mothers, fathers and families couldn’t be possible...
Refugee women hold baby outside their tent in refugee camp in Renk, South Sudan

18 June 2024

Shared Refugee Stories: Escaping Militia
Rebecca (30) and Martha (65) like, so many others, fled Sudan when civil war broke out spreading from the capital. Both women are South Sudanese and fled south to...