Businesses Commit $50 Million to get Syrian Children back into School
The Global Business Coalition for Education (GBC-Education) announced its first set of commitments from the private sector in the lead up to the Syrian Donor Conference in February totalling more than...
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Theirworld receives 500,000 Euros from Dutch Postcode Lottery
The United Postcode Lotteries are the third biggest private donor in the world – and we’re delighted that as part of their philanthropy they have awarded Theirworld 500,000 Euros. The funding will...
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‘Help us go to school’: Messages from refugee children to Syria conference in...
If one million Syrian refugee children are going to get into school this year, it’s time for action. NOW! That was the message from TV star and Theirworld Ambassador, Laura Carmichael and Soulayma...
View ArticlePrivate sector commits $75 million to educate Syrian children
In the lead up to the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit in May, GBC-Education has scaled up the business response to the Syrian refugee crisis, raising the total commitment from private sector and...
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People’s Postcode Lottery award £700,000 to Theirworld’s work to ensure every...
Picture: Rob McDougall Last week at People’s Postcode Lottery’s annual Charity Gala an overall amount of £700,000 was awarded to Theirworld. This will go towards Theirworld’s work across Africa in...
View ArticleSarah Brown BBC interview on #SupportSyrians
As high level donors gathered in London last week for the Supporting Syria and the Region conference, Theirworld President Sarah Brown appeared on BBC News to discuss the recent launch of our film and...
View ArticleCapture the moment: Mobiles for Education
In January, our Global Youth Ambassadors held a Mobile Movie Contest to highlight the importance of education in shaping a better future. Please go here to read our GYA Soulayma’s blog about the...
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Theirworld launches Rewriting the Code campaign to bring equal opportunities...
Why don’t girls around the world have equal access to education? Why don’t women have equal pay and equal opportunity in the workplace? Ahead of International Women’s Day, Theirworld is launching...
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Niamh Deehan, #RewritingTheCode
As we launch our new #RewritingTheCode campaign this week, we’d like to look back on and congratulate Niamh Deehan for her conceptual groundwork for the campaign. Niam submitted the campaign to the...
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Announcing the launch of our Code Clubs in Kenya, Uganda and Senegal
Today, as we move forward on our campaign #RewritingTheCode we are proud to announce the launch of our first Code Clubs in Kenya, Uganda and Senegal . Vulnerable girls and young women in Africa are...
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Theirworld launches Code Clubs and #RewritingTheCode at Facebook event
Speakers and panellists at the Facebook event Pictures: Getty Images for Theirworld Every girl around the world should have the same opportunity as every boy to go to school, to learn and to fulfil...
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Lyndsey Scott, Laura Carmichael, Edith Bowman, Laura Mvula, Jameela Jamil,...
President of charity Theirworld Sarah Brown last week, launched a new International Women’s Day campaign #RewritingTheCode at a special breakfast hosted with Facebook. The campaign aims to raise...
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Tech Speed Mentoring and Code Clubs at Women of the World Festival 2016
Theirworld was in attendance at the Women of the World festival again this year. In conjunction with the launch of our new campaign #RewritingTheCode and celebration of International Women’s Day, we...
View ArticleEducation is an essential, lifesaving intervention
A World At School’s Bethany Ellis has written an editorial on the necessity of education intervention in humanitarian situations. Ensuring that children get back to school and learning during and...
View ArticleGBC-Education Event: Investing in Children’s Education
More than 124 million children and youth are out of school across the world. Millions of them are being denied an education because of emergency situations such as wars and natural disasters. The...
View ArticleTeaser trailer for our VR Film “Safe Schools: Nepal”
As part of Youtube’s “360 Sound” promotion, we are today proud to present a teaser for our stunning new VR 360 film “Safe Schools: Nepal”. As we approach the one year anniversary of the Nepal...
View ArticleSarah Brown BBC interview on #SupportSyrians
As high level donors gathered in London last week for the Supporting Syria and the Region conference, Theirworld President Sarah Brown appeared on BBC News to discuss the recent launch of our film and...
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Safe Schools: Nepal film released
One year on from the tragic earthquake that hit Nepal in April 2015, we’re releasing a new 360 virtual reality film showing the reality of the education emergency for a generation of children in...
View ArticleRealigning our priorities – a focus on early childhood
Theirworld Research Consultant Molly Curtis has written over on the Global Campaign for Education’s blog about the importance of refocusing our efforts onEarly Childhood Development interventions. In...
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New comic series illustrates the power of our Global Youth Ambassadors
They are amazing young people doing inspirational things. A World at School’s network of 500 Global Youth Ambassadors are committed education advocates from 84 countries who support our campaigns to...
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