© 2009 Carlos Vasquez
Myanmar 2009.

By Sandar Linn

DAEDAYAE, Myanmar, 30 March 2011 – Mary Myint, a six year old girl with a infectious big smile, warmly greets her friends, teachers, visitors at the Zalet Kone village’s Early Childhood Development (ECD)centre in Daedayae Township, Ayeyarwaddy Division.

New York, March 2, 2011 – The newly released 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR) finds that over 40 per cent of the world’s out-of-school children live in conflict affected countries. The comprehensive report details how the humanitarian community is failing to provide critical educational needs to 28 million children around the world.

© UNICEF/2011/KamimuraMichaëlle Jean, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti and Former Governor General of Canada, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and Executive Director of the newly established UN Women, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Kevin Watkins, Director of the GMR report, Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002 and Moderator: Eric Falt, Assistant Director-General for External Relations and Public Information UNESCO - gather for the launch of the Global Monitoring Report at Columbia University.

The report entitled, “The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education,” was launched at Columbia University in New York by a host of international figures including Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002, Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and Executive Director of the newly established UN Women, Michaëlle Jean, UNESCO Special Envoy for Haiti and Former Governor General of Canada, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and a video address by Graca Machel, Founder and President of the Foundation for Community Development.

Children in Haiti are still reeling from the impact of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Here is one in a series of stories on the long road from relief to recovery, a year later.

VIDEO: UNICEF correspondent Thomas Nybo reports on a young Haitian girl’s hope for continued education, a year after the earthquake.

By Thomas Nybo

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 19 January 2011 – When the UNICEF communications team caught up with Shasha Liza, 14, in early December, she was alone in a tent, cutting up chicken feet, which her mother would cook and sell on the streets. Shasha was still in the camp where she had been living since her home was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake.

Children in Haiti are still reeling from the lingering impact of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Here is one in a series of stories on the long road from relief to recovery, a year later.

By Thomas Nybo

By Tania McBride

Children in Haiti are still reeling from the lingering impact of the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Here is one in a series of stories on the long road from relief to recovery, a year later.

Turn 180 degrees, however, and the picture is different. Blue and white tarpaulins still cling to the hillside 12 months after the January 2010 earthquake that shattered the lives of children and families across Haiti.

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Children locate countries on an inflatable globe, during class in a tent set up on the grounds at an orphanage, in the city of Jacmel.

By Pi James

NEW YORK, USA, 6 January 2011 – UNICEF podcast moderator Amy Costello spoke with Carlos Vasquez, architect and UNICEF Education Specialist, and Tania McBride, UNICEF Communication Specialist for Haiti, to find out how the educational system is managing to move forward one year post-earthquake.