For the first time, adolescent girls will contribute to the G7 leadership conversation. And with their voices front and centre, we all stand to benefit.

Zambian children’s reading levels are low, what are teachers and parents to do? Reading clubs work to change the game of reading for kids.

Jipara and her family were forced to flee their home in Myanmar when their village was burned down by the military, and it was no longer safe to stay. She attends a Child Friendly Space at the refugee camp where she tries hard to continue to learn and teach the other children.

After fleeing war-torn Somalia, Fatuma says education literally saved her life. She spent much of her childhood and adolescence in a refugee camp in Kenya, and is currently attending the University of Toronto. “Going to school gave me hope for a better future,” Fatuma says.

After the horror of Nepal’s 2015 earthquake, Nikita struggled to find the courage to step indoors. Her own home and school were badly damaged. Nikita joined the thousands of Nepali students who were trying to keep up with lessons in temporary structures, during the weeks and months that their schools were off-limits.

Seven examples of countries in crisis. Seven girls, coming of age amidst unthinkable circumstances. They share a common courage, in the face of danger and deprivation. And they share something else: an urgent need for education. Hadeel is the first girl.

How one woman’s desire to teach her grandchild about kindness created a bond between two girls in two different parts of the world.

Parents in the Sategui Plains community have learned the importance of their local health centres.

Anamul is from a small town where kids are taught to be silent. When he gets involved in leadership, he learns to use his voice for others.

Omar, 38, talks about the agricultural association that’s helping families eat well, provide for their kids and cultivate strong values.
 

Julio’s friends and family loved his baking so much, he formed a small company. Now, he’s creating jobs for youth like him.
 

Imagine having to walk several kilometers to get safe water. Bertelene and her community had better ideas: a new well in their neighbourhood.
 

Irene’s lengthy commute to school—on top of her daily household chores—was keeping her from her potential. Enter: the Buffalo Bicycle.

Some kids have difficulty expressing themselves. Children’s clubs link kids to a community they can relate to and grow with.

When Fazira is diagnosed with malnutrition, her mother joins a nutrition class. It’s not long before Fazira gains her strength back

Hundreds of women took hold of their education by learning how to care for themselves and their children while pregnant and breastfeeding.

Ramata was a single mom working hard to stay afloat. She flipped the narrative when she started a savings group and became an investor.
 

“I was unmotivated and idle when I was an unemployed,” says Dulamjav. Today, she’s anything but idle, thanks to a busy sewing operation

Imagine being without one of your five senses. Valentina, deaf from birth, hears for the first time with the help of hearing aids.

Israel lives and works in the capital, but every holiday he returns to Hluvuko, the place that shaped him into the person he is today.