Education | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "Education".

After the trauma of displacement, education offers hope

Climate change means droughts in Somalia are deeper and more frequent, forcing people to abandon their homes, but a new start can mean new opportunities for children able to attend school for the first time.

Habiba (Center) with her two children Hawa and Aniso pose for the photo in Xaar-Xaar south of Galkayo in Galmudug State of Somalia.

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.

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.

The bravest kids in the world: Going back to school after the Türkiye earthquake

May marked 100 days since devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Türkiye earlier this year. David Morley, UNICEF Canada President and CEO visits areas close to the epicentre and reports back on what he saw.

A girl exits a UNICEF tent making the peace gesture with her hand and a bag pack slung over her shoulder.

“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.

Building Back Better: Stories of Success from 2021

As we close out 2021 – UNICEF’s 75th year of working to defend every child’s right to a childhood – we look back on some of our success stories from the past year.

A young girl holds her UNICEF-supplied backpack.

A Springboard for the Future

Through vocational training, UNICEF is encouraging displaced young people in the DRC to start income-generating activities.

Students pose together at the sewing studio.

Helping Children Thrive: A Lesson to All the Fathers

For fathers like Hazir, spending quality time with their children helps them grow and reach their full potential.

Addressing Humanitarian Crises: Student Case Competition

While this academic year has posed a challenge for students across the country who have been learning in a remote or hybrid context, it hasn’t stopped our amazing network of UNICEF on Campus Clubs from advocating and fundraising for world’s most vulnerable children. Western University's Campus Club held a case competition to address humanitarian needs in South Sudan, and the winning team shares their process.

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