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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.

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 October 2023, an artillery attack in Kachin State, Myanmar destroyed the community of Munglai Hkyet, one of the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps we support in Kachin State. Find out what our partners have been doing to support those affected in the aftermath of the bombing.

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.

Thousands of 3-6 year olds benefit from our award winning outdoor learning groups in Uganda, supported by our team of refugee ‘superteachers’.

We spoke to Marius from our partner organisation in Romania, to find out more about his connection with Children on the Edge, his work with ADO, and the challenges facing Ukrainian refugees.

Our Cluster Learning Model offers a cost-effective, replicable, scalable solution to ensure marginalised children can benefit from quality early childhood education, setting them up for lifelong learning.

In 2023, we doubled the number of classrooms for Rohingya refugees on Bhasan Char island in Bangladesh. ​Take a look at the progress that has been made and meet student Puri.

Sifa joined our cluster learning classes in Uganda in 2022 and has now moved onto primary school where she is thriving.