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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.

We share the inside story of the fight to change the law in Uganda. After five years of civil society campaigning, The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice Act 2021 was officially signed into law on the 14th July 2021.

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.

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

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.

Our partners in India have been making increased efforts to reach the most marginalised Dalit communities, the ‘untouchables’ who are cut off from learning.

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

Using simple technology, refugee children confined to cramped camps in Bangladesh are able to express their ideas in any environment they can imagine and connect with friends in other countries through our ‘Moja Kids’ initiative.

John Byamungu Nachale is a refugee teacher working with Children on the Edge, pioneering a new approach to early years education for Congolese refugee children in Uganda.