AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Children on the Edge are proud to have been recognised for our work supporting some of the world's most marginalised children, living in some of the toughest situations.
Our innovative solutions to education enable children to learn and play, in a safe, protective environment, where they can flourish and thrive.
AWARDS
Harmony Foundation 'Mother Theresa Award for Social Justice' - AWARDED December 2022
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In December 2022, Children on the Edge were awarded the Mother Theresa Award for Social Justice on 'Compassion for Refugee children' by the Harmony Foundation in Mumbai, India as part of the Mother Theresa Memorial Awards. These Awards celebrate and commemorate the legacy of Mother Teresa and the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Award for Social Justice is given to individuals and organisations who have spearheaded and impacted their communities as well as globally with their compassionate and world-changing work. |
"Harmony Foundation takes this opportunity to commend you for helping to transform the lives of marginalised children by co-creating protective, nurturing environments in which they can live, play, learn and grow. Harmony Foundation also joins in applauding your outstanding work of providing education for refugee children".
Harmony Foundation
Harmony Foundation
Rachel Bentley Co-founder & CEO - AWARDED OBE 2022
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In June 2022, Rachel Bentley, our CEO and co-founder was awarded an OBE in this year’s Queen’s birthday honours, for services to the protection and education of marginalised children worldwide. She received her award at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in March 2023. Her appointment as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) is in recognition of over thirty years of work with some of the world’s most overlooked children, and has been awarded as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. |
iF Design Social Impact Prize - WINNER 2022
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Our Cluster Learning Approach in Uganda was awarded an iF Design Social Impact Prize in August 2022, competing against 480 other entries from 75 countries. The Cluster Learning approach in Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda offers a simple, sustainable early education model that places communities at the heart of education provision and removes the need for costly classrooms and staff.
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"This Ugandan program shows a sustainable way for early-years children learning and prepares them for future school life. Local refugees are trained as teachers as well, so that the children can learn in their own dialect. This program is helping both the families and local refugees by establishing complete community ownership, independence and sustainability".
Jury Statement iF Judging Panel
Jury Statement iF Judging Panel
TheirWorld Education Innovation Awards WINNER 2021
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We were delighted to be one of five winners at the 2021 Theirworld Education Innovation Awards for our early years education programme for Congolese refugee children in Kyaka II settlement, Uganda.
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“Innovation is key to ending the global education crisis. We need new ways to deliver education and to achieve their world’s mission of unlocking big change. It was a really tough process to find our five winners but, in the end, we found some amazing, innovative projects".
Sarah Brown - Theirworld Judge
Sarah Brown - Theirworld Judge
Tech4Good EDUCATION AWARD WINNER 2020
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At the 2020 AbilityNet Tech4Good awards, our digital education programme in Bangladesh was awarded the Lenovo Education Award, recognising outstanding digital achievement in education, in a field of 400 entries. Read more >> |
“Learning about the transformative work of Children on the Edge was uplifting, especially given the current tech and education divide. The organisation’s efforts should propel all other individuals and organisations in the tech space to follow suit by putting digital tech to good use”.
Rich Henderson, Director of Global Education Solutions at Lenovo
Rich Henderson, Director of Global Education Solutions at Lenovo
GLOBAL COLLECTION HundrED 2019
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In 2019, our education programme for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh was announced as 'one of the 100 most inspiring K12 innovations across the world' by HundrED, who aim to share best practice ideas to help improve the future of education globally.
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“Spreading innovations such as Children on the Edge’s community-led refugee education model across borders can be a gamechanger for education, worldwide. We will continue to encourage as many stakeholders as possible including schools, educators, administrators, students and organisations to get involved so that we can work towards a positive future.”
Saku Tuominen, CEO of HundrED
Saku Tuominen, CEO of HundrED
PROMISING PRACTICES IN REFUGEE EDUCATION 2017 CASE STUDY
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In 2017, our work providing low profile education to Rohingya refugee children was chosen as one of 20 projects selected as examples of best practice in refugee education and was presented at the UN General Assembly. Promising Practices in Refugee Education (PPIRE) is a joint initiative of Save the Children, UNHCR, and Pearson which launched in March 2017.
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2017 SELECTED AS THE TIMES CHRISTMAS APPEAL CHARITY
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Children on the Edge was selected by The Times to feature as part of their 2017 Christmas Appeal. The newspaper showcased our work providing humanitarian assistance and education to thousand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
A Sustainable Start for the Youngest Congolese Refugees in Uganda, Childhood Education, 97:4, 6-15, Esther Smitheram (2021)
Bringing education to children living in refugee camps and other challenging circumstances requires sustainable education solutions.
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Bringing education to children living in refugee camps and other challenging circumstances requires sustainable education solutions.
Read the Article >> (pages 6-15)
Connecting Beyond the Camps: Education goes digital in Kutupalong, Childhood Education, 97:2, 6-19, Esther Smitheram (2021)
We celebrate the worthy efforts of creative educators working to reach marginalized children around the world, including children living in refugee camps.
Read the Article >> (pages 6-19)
We celebrate the worthy efforts of creative educators working to reach marginalized children around the world, including children living in refugee camps.
Read the Article >> (pages 6-19)
Accountability in in Everybody's Interest, The South Asia Disasters.net Journal, 184, 27-28, Esther Smitheram (2019)
How community ownership creates resilience. The journal is a joint effort by Accountable Now and AIDMI. The case study we contributed covers our original Rohingya education project in Bangladesh through to the refugee crisis response.
Read the Article >> (pages 27-28)
How community ownership creates resilience. The journal is a joint effort by Accountable Now and AIDMI. The case study we contributed covers our original Rohingya education project in Bangladesh through to the refugee crisis response.
Read the Article >> (pages 27-28)
MEDIA COVERAGE
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THE GUARDIAN March 2015
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THE INDEPENDENT December 2010
READ ABOUT WHY WE WERE SELECTED BY THE INDEPENDENT FOR THEIR 2010 APPEAL
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THE TIMES November 2017
READ THE COVERAGE IN THE TIMES AS PART OF THEIR 2017 CHRISTMAS APPEAL
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WHAT WE DO
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We exist to support the world’s most marginalised children. Working hand-in-hand with communities in some of the toughest situations, we transform the lives of these children by creating safe spaces in which they can live, play, learn, and grow. We are proud of our child rights approach and our ability to tailor solutions based on the specific needs of each community we work with, using over 30 years of experience. This includes nurturing positive parenting and early childhood development, creating play and educational opportunities, and presenting an array of community transformation initiatives. When our work began, in 1990, the children on the edge we served were those incarcerated and forgotten in Romanian orphanages. Today, the “edge” takes us into refugee camps, slums, and warzones where we support Rohingya, Congolese, and Syrian refugee children, and those facing internal displacement, caste discrimination, poverty, and exploitation. |
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