Education Good News

Stories of increased access to education and using education for progress

Workers in Uganda build a new school which will offer banking and financial support

This School Is Giving Ugandans Access To Business Skills, Banking, and Indigenous Education

The school will offer financial literacy education and banking access to services for families and community members.
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This Organization Is Helping End the Stigma Around Stuttering

The stigma of stuttering often causes insecurity for those it affects, especially the adult population — that’s what STAMMA is working to change.
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Afghan refugee family boarding a plane in Afghanistan, surrounded by U.S. military

Best Refugee & Immigration Good News Stories from 2021

We still have so much work to do to ensure refugees have a safe, clear, and simple way to find not only a safe place to call home and have their basic needs met — but a place to thrive, too. It's also true that we made a lot of progress.
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8 Kids Making a Difference & Changing the World

A roundup of the most inspiring youth who found creative ways to make a difference in 2021.
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4 Ways the World Is Changing for the Better

In all areas of life — ranging from healthcare to innovation to arts and culture to education — we’re seeing significant changes for the better.
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Stopping school shootings in the United States: What progress has been made and what each of us can do to create change

Between 2009 and 2018, the U.S. had 57 times more school shootings than the rest of the G7 countries combined. Here's how to help bring an end to school shootings.
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Girls learn how to code in Afghanistan

Afghan Girls Are Bypassing the Taliban Through Underground Coding Classes

Hundreds of Afghan girls and women are continuing to learn online and in hidden classrooms, despite Taliban restrictions on education
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After Leaving Prison, This Man is Helping End Recidivism

Jason Wang is the founder of FreeWorld — a nonprofit that helps people who were formerly incarcerated start a well-paying post-prison career in the trucking industry.
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A New Housing Program is Providing Stability for Kids After Wildfires and Climate Disasters

Wildfires often hit low-income, minority families and children the hardest. Talent, Oregon, offers a home-grown housing solution to the displacement that follows.
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Afghan refugees posing together at Fort McCoy base in Wisconsin

Afghan Women Launched a School for Refugees on a U.S. Army Base

Concerned to see refugee children missing out on classes, three Afghan women set up their own school at the Fort McCoy base in Wisconsin.
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Around the globe, attitudes about menstruation vary greatly. In some places, people who menstruate are ostracized from basic activities or socializing.Period poverty — a lack of access to sanitary products, menstrual hygiene education, toilets, hand-washing facilities, and waste management — keeps people who menstruate from going to work, school, or leaving home.

Period Poverty: Celebrating Efforts to Destigmatize Menstruation and Increase Access to Sanitation Supplies

This movement for menstrual equity has grown in recent years and aims to make sanitary products affordable and accessible and reduce stigma surrounding menstruation. Organizations, activists, and governments are increasingly taking action to solve this problem.
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This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World

At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
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