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Each year our Big October Cake Bake is a wonderful opportunity for our amazing supporters to raise money for Children on the Edge by making, eating and sharing delicious cakes and bakes.

Muhammad Wasay Mir, award-winning journalist and videographer, spent some time in Uganda last year, interviewing children and teachers from the communities we support in Jinja. He tells us about his experiences of filming his short documentary, ‘The Children of Jinja’.

Aqdas is 17 years old and witnessed her dreams vanish overnight when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. Read her story and how our partner organisation helped her to apply for a scholarship in the USA.

Loru is 21 and lives in Karamoja, Uganda. He's been supported by our Child Protection Teams here and seen a huge change, for the better.

Since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Children on the Edge have been supporting the most vulnerable refugee children.

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

Over 2,000 Rohingya children, entirely cut off from the outside world in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh, are taking part in an exciting new journey in creativity.

During Refugee Week 2024, we were delighted to visit St James’ Primary School in Emsworth to share how we help to ensure that refugee children in Bangladesh are able to learn, play and have fun with their friends at our learning centres.

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.