We are delighted to share that yesterday our CEO and Co-Founder, Rachel Bentley OBE, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Education by the University of Chichester. Read about Rachel's achievement: buff.ly/t8nhfgd

Literacy is a fundamental human right. In Kutupalong refugee camp, we are supporting Rohingya communities to read and write in their own mother tongue language. #LiteracyDay #InternationalLiteracyDay2026 #LiteracyForAll #MotherTongueLiteracy #RohingyaLanguage

We'd love for you to enter the ballot and join our team for the 2027 London Landmarks Half Marathon! By joining our team you'll be helping raise vital funds to support children living in the toughest situations around the world. Sign up now ➡️ buff.ly/eyN27AT #llhm2027

Our Photo of the Week from Kyaka Refugee Settlement, Uganda is all about upcycling! Have a look at this brilliant homemade paper doll for child-led free play, and the other condenders too.

Ramadan Mubarak! Wishing all those observing a joyful, peaceful Ramadan month ✨🌙

It's Photo of the Week from Kyaka Refugee Settlement in Uganda. We love this candid 'tug of war' photo featuring Wardah Yusuf - Programme Officer for Early Childhood Education. She's really getting children into the spirit of the game, and having a great time herself!

Could you spare a minute to vote for us? Together with communities in Uganda, we made a short film - 'It takes a village to raise a child'. We're glad to say it's in the running at the Smiley Charity Film awards, and we need your help to take it to the next stage.

Hello 👋 We're starting 2026 with some back-to-school joy from Bangladesh. The new school year has just started and all of the children received their new textbooks, there were lots of smiles as they were given their new books 📚 Get all of our latest news straight to your inbox ➡️ buff.ly/P0gCnXM

A very Happy Christmas to everyone celebrating. We're taking a little festive break on Bluesky for the holidays but we'll be back in the New Year ready to share all of the latest news from the communities you support. Wishing you joy and happiness for the festive season 🎄 See you in 2026!

2025 has been packed full of milestone moments and each contribution has helped thousands of children safely live, play, learn, and thrive. Our CEO and Co-founder Rachel Bentley has shared some of her highlights online. Take a look and see the impact you have helped to make:

Children thrive through 2025 - Six Stories of Hope

We provide education and protection for some of the worlds’ most marginalised children living in the toughest situations.

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🎄 A special Christmas message from the Child Rights Clubs you support in Jinja, Uganda! Find out more about how they bring change in their communities all year round: buff.ly/IPofGRb

It’s been a busy few weeks in the COTE office, and we are so grateful to everyone who popped in to help. Some of our wonderful volunteers even helped pick the latest ‘Photo of the Week’ from Uganda whilst they were in. A huge thank you to those who have given their time to help us this year.

Did you catch us on Al Jazeera? Last week Al Jazeera visited our classrooms in Kutupalong refugee camp to find out how our video lessons are helping to bring learning to life and enabling thousands of Rohingya children access education in their own language.

Bangladesh: Rohingya children turn to digital lessons as classrooms close in Cox’s Bazar

In Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to the world's largest refugee camp, education for nearly 300,000 Rohingya children has been disrupted as international aid cuts force schools to close. However,…

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THANK YOU to everyone who doubled their donation during the Big Give and helped to raise an incredible £45,382 for communities in Karamoja. Thanks to your generosity over the last 7 days, whole villages can be resourced to work together and create safe environments for their children to thrive.

The Big Give finishes at 12pm today - don't miss out on the chance to DOUBLE your donation (at no additional cost to you) and help protect children in Karamoja. Help us reach our target: buff.ly/sqj7Ty5 #TheBigGive2025 #ChristmasChallenge #EveryDonationDoubled

Time's running out to double your donation. Just 24 hours to go. Help us unlock our matched funding and make double the difference for communities in Karamoja. Double your donation today: buff.ly/vRcwz4A #TheBigGive2025 #ChristmasChallenge #EveryDonationDoubled

Will your donation unlock our matched funds and double its impact? This week we're taking part in the Big Give and thanks to our generous funders donations will be DOUBLED! So a gift of £10 will become £20 (at no additional cost to you).

£30 could provide a set of communal gardening tools for a village in Karamoja. So families can start their own vegetable gardens to feed their children and create sustainable livelihoods by selling any surplus crops. Could you double your donation & help families in Karamoja: buff.ly/Cu0ddgz

Joining the Child Rights Club helped to change Nivea's story and now she is a passionate advocate for other children in her community. This week donations are DOUBLED with the Big Give so you can make double the impact helping children like Nivea and her friends stay safe. Donate: buff.ly/sqj7Ty5

The Big Give is LIVE! For the next 7 days you have the power to DOUBLE your donations and help protect children in rural Uganda. Double your donation today: buff.ly/toCeU6n #GivingTuesday #TheBigGive2025 #ChristmasChallenge #EveryDonationDoubled

Your search for the perfect Christmas gift stops here! We're making Christmas shopping easy this year with our Gifts of Hope Skip the clutter and give a gift that truly makes an impact. 🎁 See our Gifts of Hope: buff.ly/V4lJ3BB 🎁

Just one week to go until the Big Give! Don't miss out on the chance to DOUBLE your donation! It's one donation that can make double the impact, helping communities in Karamoja protect their children. Get a reminder: buff.ly/1jsx9ei

This Christmas, skip the clutter and give a gift that truly makes an impact with our Gifts of Hope. You can choose meaningful gifts that will help provide vital support to children living in some of the world's toughest situations. Buy a Gift of Hope buff.ly/EaUSGtS 🎁

Things are changing in the rural villages of Karamoja. Local people are addressing issues like child protection, hygiene, hunger and education. They're changing mindsets and uniting their communities to create safe spaces where their children are protected and free to thrive.

Watch Nivea's video to find out how she escaped from being trafficked and the Child Rights Club is helping to change her community and make it safer for the children who live there.

12-year-old Jahannara was so proud when she wrote her name for the first time using the Hanifi alphabet! Now she is confident reading, spelling and writing people's names in her own language.

Learning Hanifi has helped Shohida to feel confident expressing herself and she is excited to be able to share her knowledge to help others in her community. Please support our BBC Radio 4 Appeal to help Rohingya children, like Shohida, learn in a language they understand. Donate: buff.ly/WyvE6Hz

£30 could pay for a whole term of lessons for a Rohingya refugee child, taught in a language they understand. We would love you to support our BBC Radio 4 Appeal and help make a difference for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh. Help us reach our target: buff.ly/WyvE6Hz

Tune into BBC Radio 4 this afternoon and catch our final broadcast at 15.27. You can hear all about Romaina's story and how her learning was transformed by the introduction of the Hanifi script.