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UNICEF: Brazilian Youth Center Educates After School

A new youth center, sponsored by UNICEF and Brazil's Municipal Secretary of Health, is providing children in Viçosa do Ceará with a positive place to spend time outside of school. The center increases access to educational and cultural programs and gives parents peace of mind that their kids are staying out of trouble.

UNICEF: Palestinian Teens Find UNICEF-Sponsored Community

UNICEF is currently supporting 40 teen-friendly learning centers in the West Bank and Gaza to help adolescents overcome hopelessness and provide meaningful programs outside of school. See how these centers are reaching out to marginalized youth and building self-esteem.

UNICEF Helps Keep Mongolian "Herder Children" in School

UNICEF and ECHO Reintegrate Child Soldiers in Côte d'Ivoire

Béoué, 18, is a former child soldier in Côte d’Ivoire. He is now learning how to run a business with help from the Prevention, Demobilization and Reintegration Programme. Supported by UNICEF and the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection Office, the program works to reintegrate young people like Béoué into their families and communities, and to offer them a second chance in life.

India's Free Lunch

Since 2001, all Indian primary schools have provided pupils with a free midday meal. Since then, truancy rates have been slashed and child health is soaring. Western governments are beginning to take note.

UNICEF: Mothers Work to Enroll Girls in School in Cameroon

Cameroon's National Network of Mothers' Associations for Girls' Education (RECAMEF) is going into villages around the country to try and convince families and traditional leaders to send girls to school. This initiative is supported by UNICEF and Cameroon's Ministry of Basic Education and is part of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

KiberaTV: Amani Lazima at Kamkunji

Creating and fostering a sense of community is one of the best ways to build a grassroots peace movement. Amani Lazima is a monthly event that does just that, bringing people together throughout Nairobi's many slums in an effort to break down tribal barriers and build alliances.

explore: Talking Hands

Thanks to Brother Andrew de Carpentier, deaf children in Jordan have a place of their own to learn. In addition to academic and vocational training, the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf matches up younger children with older mentors to foster a spirit of self-assurance that helps them grow into confident and independent adults.

Mongolia: Helping Communities Help Themselves

Families in rural western Mongolia live on the edge, susceptible to famine as soon as the climate shifts or a dry spell hits. UNICEF's Family Empowerment Strategy program gives people the voice and the ability to demand the social services they need to improve their living conditions.

explore: Ramana's Garden

Former Hollywood actor Dr. Prabhavati Dwabha came to India to find herself; instead, she found people in need and a new purpose in life. At Ramana's Garden, Dr. Dwabha is working to give a future to children who would otherwise be without one.

Women Empowered: Learning to Lead

Filmmaker Phil Borges travels to India to learn about an innovative education program called Udaan. It targets girls who missed out on education earlier in their lives. They not only master skills, but also find their voices and prepare to become leaders in their communities and nation.

Education in Haiti: A Teacher's Passion and Vision for Change

A former private school headmaster in Haiti, Alzire Rocourt was deeply affected by the earthquake. Her school was destroyed in the disaster, but now, she tackles the challenges of working in a tent city. The educator now teaches music classes in efforts to bring hope to Haitian youth.

KiberaTV: Little Rock School

Welcome to Little Rock Inclusive ECD Center in the heart of Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum. It is an oasis for disabled and underprivileged youth and a learning center that welcomes children of all abilities; a place where talents are unearthed and youth are instilled with the confidence and knowledge they need in order to succeed.

UNICEF: Protecting Children from Land Mines in Laos

What's the best way to educate children about the dangers of stray land mines and unexploded bombs? UNICEF and its partners in Laos are discovering that a giant magic cricket mascot helps.

Out of the Field and into the Classroom: Educating Girls in the Developing World

Since 2000, Room to Read has supported 10,000 girls across eight countries in Asia and Africa with an education through secondary school. The multiplier effect of this education will impact not only these girls but also their families and communities for generations to come. This is just one story among thousands.

UNICEF: Liberating Liberia's War Generation

Sunny fought twice in Liberia's civil war: first with the rebels when he was 12 years old, and again for the government when he was 17. Now aged 20, Sunny has been enrolled in a UNICEF-supported program, which is teaching this former child soldier how to be a farmer.