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Language & Comprehension Barriers in Greece’s Migration Crisis: A study on the multitude of languages and comprehension of material provided to refugees and migrants in Greece
A notable feature of the refugee crisis starting in 2015 has been the diversity of languages and ethnicities of refugees and migrants. Approximately 95 percent of the refugees and migrants who arrived in Greece in 2015 and 2016 came from seven countries:
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Mid Term Evaluation IDEA Project
The IDEA project was designed to improve literacy levels and increase the use of better food and health practices in primary school age children in the department of El Quiché using products and funds provided by FAS. The mid-term evaluation of the Invest
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Il mio Primo Italiano: Piccolo manuale di lingua italiana
This is a publication designed to support newly arrived foreign minors to learn the Italian language.
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Save the Children's Literacy Boost Toolkit: Introduction
Literacy Boost is an innovative, evidence-based approach to improving literacy learning outcomes, and is increasing the reading skills of underperforming children in a growing number of program sites across the globe. This introductory document is designe
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Beyond School Walls: A boost for readers
While more children are in school today than ever before, many are not learning basic skills like reading once they get there. Save the Children's Literacy Boost Program is helping to change that by creating a culture of reading both inside and outside th
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International agreement on the rights of disabled people [Easy read version]
An easy-to-read version of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The purpose of the document is to ensure that the human rights and freedoms of disabled persons are promoted, protected and understood by all. It contains mu
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Review: Teacher Support and Development Interventions
Save the Children commissioned research on teacher support and development as part of a strategy to build professional and technical capacity through sharing knowledge at global, regional and country levels. The research, which this document summarizes, s
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What inequality means for children: Evidence from Young Lives
This Young Lives paper is a contribution to the global thematic consultation addressing inequalities within the post-2015 development agenda which is being co-organised by UNICEF and UN Women. Failure to fully integrate equality principles is recognised a
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Community strategies for promoting literacy
The Community Strategies for Promoting Literacy Flipbook provides simple activities that parents and children can do to build the skills that help to strengthen children’s reading ability. Even everyday activities—singing, talking, playing, shopping, and
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Save the Children's Literacy Boost Results- Ethiopia Year 2
Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative, evidence-based program to support the development of reading skills in young children. Literacy Boost holistically pursues the goal of literacy by: using assessments to identify gaps and measure improvemen
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Boletín sobre políticas públicas sobre infancia en el Perú [Abril 2012]
This paper examines the policy of Intercultural Bilingual Education (abbreviated to EIB in Spanish), a policy intended to give indigenous children in Peru access to education relevant to their linguistic and cultural background. However, there are not eno
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A Boost for the World's Poorest Schools
This document is a New York Times newspaper opinion piece that reviews Literacy Boost, briefly detailing the challenges that students face in the developing world in terms of learning, and Save the Children's response in the form of the Literacy Boost pro