"VOCATIONAL EDUCATION"

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi visited Jordan and Luminus Technical University College where vocational education is giving refugees in Jordan a second chance to achieve their dreams. UNHCR

In a report released today, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), predicts that unless immediate and bold action is taken by the international community to beat back the catastrophic effects of COVID-19 on refugee education, the potential of millions of young refugees living in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities will be further threatened. UNHCR

UNESCO announced an initiative to combat illiteracy in South Sudan. At seventy percent, the country has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world. UNMISS

Cessation of hostilities would pave way for new talks and agreement on Yemen’s return to orderly transition, special representative tells Security Council at 7625th meeting.

UNICEF and partners have secured the release of approximately 3,000 children from an armed group in South Sudan.  UNICEF / UNMISS

Six months on from theRana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, the International Labour Organization is helping survivors develop new skills and find work. ILO  

Several years ago, Madame Song, a retired teacher from France decided to return to Vietnam as UN Volunteer for the UN Development Programme

In Yemen, in the southwest part of the Arabian Peninsula, the poor are often isolated. The disabled, who are the poorest of the poor, must resort to begging in order to survive. But things are slowly changing. With support from the International Labor Organization

During the brief period of peace in Liberia, about one hundred and fifty child soldiers decided to lay down their arms. They are being cared for in camps run by the Child Assistance Programme which provides the children with counselling, vocational training, discipline and recreation. So far twenty children have been reunited with their families and have decided not to fight again.

In Argentina, an innovative school is educating children who have dropped out from the official school system by teaching them valuable work skills. Many of these children would otherwise become street children or join the ranks of over a million und