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Aflatoun and VVOB unite for quality social and financial education

Aflatoun International and VVOB have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in recognition of their shared interest to quality education and, specifically, quality social and financial education for all.

Global

Partnerships

COVID-19: VVOB prioritises health first and continuity where possible

In our collective efforts to put a stop to this pandemic, we have taken very strict measures to ensure the health and safety of our staff, partners and co-citizens, in alignment with government and WHO guidelines.

Global

Catching Up in Kazungula

From 27 to 28 January 2020, Rukmini Banerji (Pratham's CEO) visited Zambia with the TaRL Africa Board of Directors to see the Catch Up programme in action. She shares snapshots from the visit and reflections on the Catch Up programme: "Everyone was making progress."...

Zambia

Primary education

Global Teacher Prize winner visits Uganda

In February, VVOB had the honour of receiving Brother Peter Tabichi, winner of the prestigious $1 million Global Teacher Prize, to Uganda: “Move the classroom into the real world.”

Uganda

Secondary technical and vocational education

VVOB on board LEGO Foundation’s global partnership for Learning through Play

The LEGO Foundation announced a global partnership of organisations that will integrate Learning through Play pedagogies into the official in-service teacher professional development systems for primary school teachers. VVOB takes up this responsibility in Vietnam.

Vietnam

Primary education

Teachers

Partnerships

In pictures: EU, Belgium Ambassadors visit Vietnam preschools

In December, VVOB received high-level visitors to some of our pilot preschools in Vietnam. EU Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti and Belgian Ambassador Paul Jansen learnt more about the projects co-financed by their institutions: GENTLE and BaMi respectively.

Vietnam

Early education

Gender

Equity

Partnerships

Working together for safe places to learn

Each year from 25 November to 10 December, the global community stands united for 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence (GBV). But in Suriname, VVOB joins forces with partners year-round to tackle GBV in schools.

Suriname

Secondary technical and vocational education

Gender

“If SDG4 is about inclusion, it needs a multilingual approach”

Kathleen Heugh is an international expert in bilingual and multilingual education with the University of South Australia. Ms Heugh was the keynote speaker at events organised by VVOB’s programmes in Belgium last month, eNSPIRED and Educaid.be, and we listened intently.

Global

Equity

Curbing the learning crisis: Zambia’s Catch Up programme shows it’s possible

Learners who fall behind in primary education need access to effective recourse programmes to catch up. With the Teaching at the Right Level methodology, the Zambian Ministry of Education and its partners have shown how we could approach this.

Zambia

Primary education

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