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Society China

18. September 2021

New School Rules: Less Exams, Less Pressure

China’s exam-oriented system is going through a huge change: six- and seven-year-olds will no longer have written exams, helping take off a major load of pressure for both students and their parents.

Society

Society India

30. August 2021

Young Women Rise Up Against Child Marriage

A group of young women across the Indian state of Rajasthan joined forces to put an end to child marriage by promoting free education for girls, a movement that aims to reach every corner of the country.

Society

Society Congo

20. August 2021

Free Education Helps These Kids Stay Out of Mines

Since free primary school has been introduced in 2019 all across Congo, the enrollment of students has steadily grown, giving kids the education they need and keeping them away from hard work in open-pit mines.

Society

Society USA

27. July 2021

Big Budget Goes to Education – and Ensures Free Meals for Students!

The state of California, United States, has allocated a huge part of its upcoming budget to children of all ages, including through funding universities, community colleges and kindergarten for four-year-olds.

Society

Society Iran

19. July 2021

No Legal Papers? No Problem: All Kids Can Go to School Here

The government of Iran has made some reforms to make sure all migrant children, legal and undocumented ones alike, can attend school and thus have access to a proper education.

Society

Society Ecuador

18. June 2021

Lockdown Won’t Stop Our Kids from Learning, Say Small-Town Moms

When the corona pandemic hit, the small communities that once relied on Ecuador’s largest city of Guayaquil for education purposes took it upon themselves to teach children in their remote villages, and saw their sense of community renew - and grow!

Health

Health USA

3. June 2021

Groundbreaking Lab-Grown “Breast Milk” Is Just Like the Real Thing!

Through their startup, two American female scientists successfully created the world’s first lab-grown breast milk, nutritionally equivalent to female-lactated milk, to help parents to feed their babies.

Health

Health UK

17. May 2021

Babies Get Life-Saving Surgery… While Still in the Womb

Teams of doctors in London, United Kingdom are now able to operate on unborn babies who suffer from spina bifida - a spinal malformation - thus sparing them from paralysis and other health problems once they are out of the womb.

Society

Society Venezuela

15. May 2021

School Kids Will Not Go Hungry Anymore Here

United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) and the leaders of Venezuela came to an agreement to provide food to school children across the South American country grappling with food insecurity.

Health

Health Gambia

8. May 2021

Families No Longer Have to Worry About This Blindness-Causing Disease

Gambia becomes the second African country to eliminate trachoma - a disease that can cause blindness - as a public health problem, an encouraging milestone towards the World Health Organization's target of curbing 20 neglected tropical diseases by 2030.