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!

Please reach out at:

stories@un-ecw.org

 

Featured human stories

A teenage boy, Ali, with vision impairment smiles in Syria.

Braille and Beyond: Ali's Journey Back to School

Education Cannot Wait funding for UNICEF-supported Blind Care Association Centre supports the education of children and adolescents with vision impairments in Syria.

Syria
Girl in class in Syria.

Celebrating Empowered Learners Around the World

ECW commemorates International Day of Education, shining a light on the inspiring stories and voices of children reached with quality education

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Putting Trauma Behind

ECW’s funding provides education to 140,000 pre-primary, primary and secondary refugee school children — 38 percent of whom are girls — in the...

The Traveling Book

A children’s book campaign highlights the inspiring first-person accounts of girls and boys fleeing the Venezuela regional crisis.

Sadiya Goes to School

Displaced and living with a physical disability, a determined and courageous girl takes her first steps to learning and the future with support...