Education | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Education is one of UNICEF’s main programs. On this page, you will find more information about current and past UNICEF projects, child stories and ways you can get involved.

How flexible funding is saving lives

With generous support from partners, Global Humanitarian Thematic Funding is helping UNICEF save lives.

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World Teacher’s Day: Qualified teachers = quality education

As the world faces a global learning crisis – a qualified teacher can help deliver inclusive quality education to their classrooms.

A teacher leans over a students desk and smiles at the camera. The student next to her is also smiling. Photo taken in Indonesia.

Women in Canada unite for a better future for children, everywhere

Women’s giving circles have enabled UNICEF Canada to offer collective giving that support global programs to create transformational impact for women, children and communities.

A classroom in Ghana with students sitting at desk. In the centre of the photo is a girl in a pink uniform smiling while looking beyond the camera.

All smiles for school

Some back-to-school smiles from children around the world as classes start in Canada again.

A boy uses his hands to create a square photo sign. He is in a classroom setting standing next to bulletin board with many colourful sheets pinned on it. He is wearing a white uniform shirt. In Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh.

“I don’t walk the same pace as the others, but that doesn’t make me give up.”

16-year-old Kafia Noor seizes the chance of an education to escape the ordeal of displacement.

A girl wearing a yellow uniform with a yellow scarf stands by a door looking outside contemplatively.

Dreaming of a better future

Ahmad goes back to school with support from UNICEF

A boy holds a drawing up. It is made on paper and with colour pencils, showing a table with a vase and flowers on it. The boy is looking at the camera smiling.

Undaunted by being differently abled

Schools in Puntland are changing lives and perceptions through education

A girl wearing a blue headscarf look out of a window. A curtain is silhouetted in the foreground on the right side of the photo.

Tech Trailblazers: Dismantling the Rural-Urban Divide

In France, boys are more than twice as likely to graduate in STEM subjects than girls, and nearly four times as likely to be employed as Information and Communications Technology (ICT) specialists, according to the European Commission’s 2020 Women in Digital Scoreboard. Houda, a computer science student is working to change up this dynamic.

Houda, 19, poses for a portrait outside her family’s home near Grenoble, France.

What You Need to Know Before, During and After Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine

Tips for navigating the vaccination process.

Three female health workers give the 'v for vaccinated' sign outside a clinic in Nepal.

How to talk to your friends and family about COVID-19 vaccines

Tips for handling tough conversations with your loved ones.

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