Education

Editor’s Note: Sierra Leone’s capital city of Freetown has been hit by extreme flooding, killing over 500 people and displacing hundreds more. Please help our Honoree Miriam Mason-Sesay and her team at EducAid as they provide urgently-needed shelter and supplies. Make a donation here. Despite the flooding, EducAid is determined to continue bringing high-quality education…

In honor of International Children’s Day, we’re raising funds  to educate, nourish, and empower more children around the world through the month of June. To learn how you can be a hero for a child, click here. This week, we’re featuring stories about the power of education in Sierra Leone.  The World Bank identifies Orphans…

From Huffington Post “How do school communities best support teachers, students and parents in their efforts to promote healthy, happy learners? Is learning more productive in communities that are promoting well-being for all? An OECD/PISA study finds that most teachers and principals “acknowledge that the socio-emotional development of their students is as important as mastery…

From Huffington Post “Today in The Global Search for Education, our teachers share their answers to this question: How do you help students accept and work well with people of different beliefs, cultures, languages, socio-economic statuses, education backgrounds, and learning styles? “If tolerance is to be sustainable and cooperation meaningful, writes Miriam Mason-Sesay (@EducAidSL), it…

From Huffington Post   “Today in The Global Search for Education, our Top Global Teacher Bloggers share their answers to this month’s question: How do we inspire the best and brightest to become educators? The short answer to our question for Miriam Mason-Sesay (@EducAidSL) in Sierra Leone is to “engage young people in a new paradigm. If…

This spring, Honoree Nicholas Lowinger‘s organization announced their Inaugural Gotta Have School Scholarship program, which is awarding each of 5 teen recipients with $1,000 scholarships to help them with their financial obligations of their higher education. Gotta Have Sole Foundation believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to continue their education and realize their dreams. Their new…

“You will be proud I’m a powerful woman” – Grace Umutesi Today is the first observance of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime. This year the UN instituted the international day of commemoration “to remember the victims of the…

Kofi was a brilliant student in Ghana who couldn’t afford the shoes he needed to walk seven miles to school. Our 2014 Youth Honoree helped change that.

Isata Kamara’s journey to EducAid was a long one. After running away from home, she joined EducAid and worked hard to make her way to university. Isata is now determined to have an impact on other girls’ lives.

The story of Abu Bakarr, a young man that first came to school grounds to steal but left with an education and a changed life.

Youth Honoree Mary Grace Henry knows how to change the world: educate a girl.

You’re helping fund an early childhood development program in South Africa that teaches children with and without disabilities how to succeed in school.

A few weeks ago we asked you to tell us what your favorite school subject was. Well, the results are in!

Meet Tyler, a special needs Sparkle Effect cheerleader. Read his story and see how he is teaching his teammates to be confident and trust one another.

The Chaeli Campaign just celebrated their 10th Anniversary. Since 2004, Honoree Chaeli Mycroft has helped to change the lives of 10,000 children with disabilities in South Africa.

Read how 2013 Honoree Chaeli Mycroft taught a young boy in South Africa how to defy expectations and live his dreams.

World of Children® Award advocates for equal educational opportunities for children with disabilities, partnering with 2013 Youth Honorees Sarah Cronk and Chaeli Mycroft.

Children with disabilities in school are often not given school-based social opportunities. Meet one child whose life changed with cheerleading.

2013 Honoree Sarah Cronk talks to us about how she transformed her high school by including children with disabilities on her cheerleading team.

About 93 million children worldwide have a disability. Too often, these children are marginalized and excluded from society, many facing daily threats to their survival in the form of poor nutrition or physical abuse; children with disabilities are three to four times more likely to be the victims of violence. The worst part? Disability is…

Sarah Cronk’s older brother Charlie was born with a disability that inhibits his understanding of social cues. This made high school tough; Charlie was often left out at school and had trouble making friends. One day, Jared, a popular student, sat with him at lunch and invited him to join the swim team. From that…