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Monthly Highlights from Children on the Edge: April 2023

5/5/2023

Monthly Highlights from COTE April 2023. Health checks in Bangladesh

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In April, on World Health Day, we celebrated #HealthForAll, as the Learning Centres in Bangladesh reported a decrease in the amount of illnesses amongst the children due to regular health checks in lessons. The following week, Refugee teacher John shared the story of his escape from the DRC and how teaching helped restore his hope.

Our London Landmarks runners kickstarted a month of fantastic fundraising, and were followed by our brilliant London Marathon runners, Kelly and Lizzie you can read all about their marathon challenge here. The fundraising didn’t stop there, with our friends at Montezuma’s organising some eggs-ellent Easter fundraising in their stores.

Read on to find out about our highlights from April …

Finding Humanity - A report from Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda

12/4/2023

Gemma from COTEUK and Marble from COTE Africa sat together smiling looking at a laptop

Gemma Driver

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager
I work on monitoring and evaluating our work and how we can improve our programmes.

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I’ve recently returned from my first visit to Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda, where we provide pre-school learning to mainly refugee children from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Here are some reflections from the trip…

My Story Can Restore Hope - Meet John, a Teacher in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement

12/4/2023

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John Byamungu Nachale is a refugee teacher who is working with Children on the Edge to pioneer a new approach to early years education for Congolese refugee children in Uganda.

He was attacked and left for dead when he lived in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), and had to flee the country having lost everything.

He tells us the story of his journey, and how working to educate some of the youngest children fleeing his home country has begun to restore his hope.

Teaching the Benefits of Play, Mindfulness and Yoga for Refugees in Uganda

31/1/2023

A group yoga session outside in green space with around 15 people doing 'triangle' pose led by two adults in the middle of a circle

We are thrilled to be working with Learn to Play Botswana, who have just returned from Kyaka II refugee settlement in Uganda, where they have been training our staff, caregivers (what we would know as ‘preschool teachers’), and the local volunteers who support the programme on the importance of mindful play and creativity.

Children on the Edge in 2022 - Our Highlights

3/1/2023

Children on the Edge works in coalition with local communities in some of the toughest places in the world, transforming the lives of marginalised children by creating protective environments where they can safely live, play, learn and grow.

2022 has been an incredible year of transformation for the children we work with, thanks to continued support of our Children on the Edge community.

We'd love to invite you to grab a cup of tea and read through our monthly highlights from 2022 and see just how much your generosity is making a difference.......

READ THE MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS >>

New latrines and water tanks improving hygiene for refugee children in Uganda

16/12/2022

13 new toilet blocks and water collection tanks have been installed at the newly constructed Early Childhood Development Centres we support for Congolese refugee children in Uganda.

Read about the impact they're having on hygiene and sanitation in Kyaka II refugee settlement....

Meet Najibu Sifa in Uganda

1/10/2022

Najibu Sifa, aged 6, is one of the learners at our cluster group in the Mukondo zone. She is the third born in her family and a daughter of the Cluster Learning Managaement Committee chairperson in the Catholic Church study area.

Despite being six years old, Sifa had never received any education until March 2022 when Children on the Edge introduced cluster learning in Mukondo B village. We asked her about how she is getting along with the new classes…

Children on the Edge win iF Design Social Impact Prize

30/8/2022

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded an iF Design Social Impact Prize for our Cluster Learning refugee education programme in Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda.

Players of People's Postcode Lottery Support Refugees in Lebanon and Uganda for a Third Year

22/7/2022

Congolese refugee children in Uganda gather together smiling in their new classroom

We are thrilled to share that thanks to the incredible generosity of the players of People's Postcode Lottery, our programmes in Lebanon and Uganda are benefiting from a third year of funding.

New Classrooms Bring Hope to Refugee Communities in Kyaka II, Uganda

19/7/2022

After nearly two years of school closures in Uganda as a result of the pandemic, we were thrilled to open our classrooms again in Kyaka II refugee settlement, Uganda in January 2022.

Thanks to your generous support, many children returned to learning in brand new classrooms. Find out how they children having been getting on over the past six months.