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Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas
'Niñez y Juventud: Dislocaciones y Mudanzas' is a continuation of the debates and discussions initiated at the III Latin American Network Conference of July 2006 “Childhood and Youth: Dislocations and Changes". It is a publication by Programa Infancia bas
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Free Education is a Right for Me. A Report on Free and Compulsory Primary Education
Quality education for all children is a worldwide commitment. This is evident from the large number of education and international laws and policies governing free and compulsory education that have been agreed upon by governments. Save the Children has
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Mother Language First. Towards achieving EFA for Adivasi children in Bangladesh
The publication "Mother Language First" is a joint publication of the Khagrachari Hill District Council, Zabarang Kalyan Samity, and Save the Children. The publication highlights the importance and right of children to begin education in a language they s
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Rewrite the Future Global Evaluation- Afghanistan Midterm Country Report
Rewrite the Future is a global programme and campaign by Save the Children that aims to bring quality education to children in countries affected by conflict. The global evaluation seeks to investigate how Save the Children’s project level interventions h
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Literacy Boost 2009- Year 1 Report Malawi
The Literacy Boost program is an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills. In Malawi in 2009, the Save the Children Basic Education Team followed the reading skills development of 234 Standard 2 an
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Bangladesh Program: Emergent and early grades reading assessment- Baseline report
Since 2007, Save the Children has been introducing program-focused early grade reading assessments in selected basic education programs.This report explores the validity of an early grades reading assessment in Bangla, and examines baseline reading abilit
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¿Equidad y calidad? Retos para la educación inicial y la primaria en Etiopía, India y Perú
Part of the "Studies in Early Transitions" series, this Working Paper draws on interviews and observations carried out as part of Young Lives, a 15-year longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam based at the University o
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The Joy of Learning. Participatory lesson plans on hygiene, sanitation, water, health and the environment
This guide is mainly aimed at teachers and others who want to design participatory learning activities on hygiene and sanitation. It includes a theory section and lesson plans. The lesson plans are organized into three sections: hygiene, sanitation and wa
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Good Governance and Budget Tracking– from a Child Rights Perspective
'Good Governance and Budget Tracking– from a Child Rights Perspective' by Save the Children Sweden. The main objective of this document is to find out how the governance process and the manner of its resource allocation serve the best interest of the chil
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Let our children teach us! A review of the role of education and knowledge in disaster risk reduction
This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge, and innovation, and focuses on activity in education, public risk awareness, training and research in order to meet two new initiatives to achieve this goal: the Act
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Rewrite the Future. 43 million children are out of school because of conflict (short version)
43 million children living in countries around the world wrecked by war and armed conflict are being left without the chance to go to school. This report is part of Save the Children's five-year Rewrite the Future education initiative, which seeks to help
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Côte d'Ivoire Country Briefing
The quality of education has worsened since the beginning of the civil war in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002. The retention rate is 52 percent and absenteeism of children can be quite high. Children have few opportunities to participate in school decisions. Save t