We all use apps and send messages on our phones. Fire off emails and use that cute deer filter on Snapchat. But how many of us know what actually goes on behind the screen?
How to build technology and write the lines of code that make everything work are becoming vital skills for the next generation - especially girls, who are in danger of being left behind in many parts of the world. That’s why the work of Code Clubs is so crucial.
In Tanzania, Theirworld supports the charity BRAC to teach girls and young women from marginalised communities how to code in a safe environment. Find out more about how coding is the 21st-century skill that girls need to learn.
Vulnerable girls and women had a real champion in Babatunde Osotimehin. As head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), he campaigned tirelessly for young people and women to lead healthy and productive lives.
Sadly, he died this week at the age of 68. Theirworld President Sarah Brown said Dr Osotimehin was "a towering figure in the world of maternal, newborn and child health". Read more tributes to this visionary leader.
Another UN chief this week warned that education’s share of aid has been falling for years and is not being targeted at the countries that need it most. UNESCO’s Irina Bokova said aid will have to be multiplied by six if every child is going to be in school by 2030.
Transport now gets a bigger share of development aid than education! And sub-Saharan Africa is home to more than half of the world’s out-of-school children - but gets only 26% of the total aid to basic education. That’s why the future of education funding has to be high on the agenda at the G20 summit in July.
It was Volunteers Weeks in the UK - so we asked some of our amazing network of Global Youth Ambassadors to tell us about some of their projects.
In our Voices channel, you can read about a plan for pre-schoolers in Botswana, a mobile school under a bridge in India and how sweet potato leaves are helping children into school in Uganda.
Thank you for continuing to support the fight for children’s rights!
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