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When the brutal 2017 genocide in Myanmar forced over 700,000 Rohingya people over the border into Bangladesh, Children on the Edge were ready to respond to the crisis.

The Children on the Edge team has written a brand new book - 'Dembe’s Story' - an illustrated story book designed to introduce topics of body boundaries, child protection and staying safe to preschool aged children.

Our innovative models of education and child protection have been used in new places, bringing sustainable change on a wider scale.

We are delighted to announce that our early years education programme for Congolese refugee children in Uganda will be benefiting from a £400,000 award in 2024, thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Despite the uncertainty in Myanmar our preschool centres offer a safe space for young children, ensuring vital Early Childhood Development.

Guest blog from Sarah Ndlovu, our International Education Specialist about how we’re breaking the mould, and using play to create an effective early years assessment tool in Uganda.

In the ‘mega camps’ of Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees are stuck living in one of the toughest environments on earth. There is little access to education and girls face pressure to stay home. But in spite of this, there is hope. Bristy, one of our Project Officers, tells us more about how she’s working to change attitudes and encourage girls to attend school.

How our digital lessons have evolved in Bangladesh to bring learning to live for thousands of Rohingya refugee children.

Conditions for over a million Rohingya refugees in Kutupalong camp, the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh are dire. People here are truly living on ‘the edge’, facing poverty and violence, trapped in dangerous conditions and unable to leave.

In 2023, our Digital Education Programme in Bangladesh was been chosen by HundrED and the Global Ed Tech Hub as an ‘impactful and scalable educational technology innovation’ as part of a Spotlight Award.

Meet four year old Bieneme, whose development has come on in leaps and bounds since joining our cluster group lessons in the Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda.

In 2023, Children on the Edge was awarded the iF Design Social Impact Prize for our innovative Digital Education programme in Bangladesh.