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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Featured human stories

Student and teacher in Mali.

Mouly's Reading Corner

An Education Cannot Wait-supported “Reading Corner” initiative is bringing out-of-school children like Mouly to the classroom in Timbuktu and Taoudenit, Mali

Mali
Hafsat smiles as she teachers her students the alphabet at the ECW-funded temporary learning centre in Hajj Camp. © UNICEF/Ahmad Mari

An Empathetic Educator: Hafsat's Story

A teacher at the Education Cannot Wait-supported, UNICEF-run learning centre in Hajj Camp goes above and beyond for her students affected by armed...

Nigeria

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Student and teacher in Mali.

An Education Cannot Wait-supported “Reading Corner” initiative is bringing out-of-school children like Mouly to the classroom in Timbuktu and Taoudenit, Mali

Education Cannot Wait-funded AVSI programme offers young mothers the resources and support to continue their education in South Sudan

Education Cannot Wait-funded AVSI programme offers young mothers the resources and support to continue their education in South Sudan

ECW-funded school environmental clubs, implemented by World Vision, are empowering crisis-affected students to take action and raise awareness on climate change in Burundi

ECW-funded school environmental clubs, implemented by World Vision, are empowering crisis-affected students to take action and raise awareness on climate change in Burundi

Darya raises her hand in class in Moldova.

ECW investments are supporting Ukrainian refugee children to participate in non-formal education activities so they can integrate into formal schools in Moldova.