Human Interest Stories

Girls in Ethiopia.
Get to know the inspiring stories of the girls and boys at the heart of ECW results!
 
ECW’s investments are reaching millions of crisis-affected girls and boys with safe, inclusive quality education. We thank our grantees across the world whose dedicated work in crisis-affected communities is empowering children and adolescents. We are particularly grateful to the girls and boys, parents, teachers and communities supported by ECW-funded programmes who have accepted to share their incredible stories of hope and perseverance. 

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Do you have a story to share on how ECW’s support is making a difference where you are? We would love to hear from you!

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Featured human stories

Student and teacher in Mali.

Mouly's Reading Corner

An Education Cannot Wait-supported “Reading Corner” initiative is bringing out-of-school children like Mouly to the classroom in Timbuktu and Taoudenit, Mali

Mali
Hafsat smiles as she teachers her students the alphabet at the ECW-funded temporary learning centre in Hajj Camp. © UNICEF/Ahmad Mari

An Empathetic Educator: Hafsat's Story

A teacher at the Education Cannot Wait-supported, UNICEF-run learning centre in Hajj Camp goes above and beyond for her students affected by armed...

Nigeria

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Veronika posing for a photograph

Education Cannot Wait investments delivered by UNICEF are supporting crisis-affected girls and boys to access vital mental health and psychosocial support while improving...

Muqadas, 12, and Salma, 35, at the ALP centre in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

ECW-supported UNICEF Accelerated Learning Programme enables a mother and daughter affected by recent floods and other crises to return to school in Pakistan.

Girl in class.

ECW-funded EDUTech labs set up by UNICEF & Ministry of Education demonstrate transformative power of digital education for Ukrainian youth in Moldova

Teacher with students in Ukraine

KINDERGAECW-supported classes, run by UNICEF & partners, are providing a nurturing learning environment for young girls & boys affected by the war in...

Student and teacher in Mali.

An Education Cannot Wait-supported “Reading Corner” initiative is bringing out-of-school children like Mouly to the classroom in Timbuktu and Taoudenit, Mali