Series: Beyond School Books

Produced by UNICEF

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a podcast series on education in emergencies.

This podcast series on education in emergencies is hosted by Amy Costello.


32 Pieces

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Caption: Two adolescence participating in the creation of a one-minute video in Kenscoff, a community near Port-au-Prince, Haiti., Credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2011-2121/Dormino
UNICEF podcast moderator Femi Oke discusses innovative ideas helping children voice their rights in Haiti.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:08:40
Caption: A girl attends Koulweogo Primary School in Zorgho Village in rural Ganzourgou Province in Plateau-Central Region. Burkina Faso was among the first 18 countries invited to join the Fast Track Initiative (now Global Partnership for Education) as early as Ju, Credit: UNICF Burkina Faso/2011/ Marinovitch
The Global Partnership for Education has helped more than 19 million children go to school for the first time. A campaign to renew support for thes...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:42
Caption: Martha Adams, producer of the film '10x10', with nine-year-old Marie-Angeline at the Center for Actions and Development in Haiti., Credit: 10x10/2011
Representatives from United Nations agencies, governments, the private sector and civil society recently gathered at the Women & Girls Education Su...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:50
Caption: Somali children waiting to register for food and other aid in the Dagahaley refugee camp in North Eastern Province, near the Kenya-Somalia border. The camp is among three that comprise the Dadaab camps, located on the outskirts of the town of Dadaab in Ga, Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0999/Holt
UNICEF podcast moderator Femi Oke discusses the challenges to the start of the school year in the Horn of Africa in the midst of the drought crisis...

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:20
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Caption: Young researchers during a team exercise in Georgia., Credit: UNICEF 2010/Matthew Emry
UNICEF podcast moderator Amy Costello discusses the importance of youth participation in research with Valon Kurhasani, Jafar Usmanovis and Mathew ...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:20:25
Caption: A girl at a UNICEF-supported school in a relief camp for people affected by the floods in Sukkur, Pakistan., Credit: © UNICEF/PAKA2010-00441/Marta Ramoneda
UNICEF Radio moderator Amy Costello speaks with Nafisa Shah and Shahnaz Wazir Ali about the challenge of achieving quality education for all in the...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:32:51
Caption: Children attend a class at the Muniki Centre Basic School in Muniki Payam, a sub-district of Juba, capital of Southern Sudan., Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2007-0862/Cranston
Looking to the future in Southern Sudan: Greater access to education can bring opportunities for peace and prosperity in a new nation.

  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:49
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Podcast #40: Safe schools and education can reduce the impact of disasters

  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:11:19
Caption: Children congregate outside a school that serves as a temporary camp for those displaced by the cyclone, near the town of Kundangon in the south-western Irrawaddy Division. The children lost their homes, and much of the school was destroyed., Credit: UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0340/Dean
Podcast #39: The role of education in protecting children when disaster strikes

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:44
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Podcast #38: The role of education in empowering young Egyptians to shape their future

  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:41
Caption: A girl stands before a sprawling tent camp for people displaced by flooding, in Sukkur, a city in Pakistan's Sindh province. , Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1628/Ramoneda
UNICEF Podcast moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the devastating immediate and long-term impacts of the floods in Pakistan on chil...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:14:35
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To commemorate International Youth Day UNICEF podcast moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the challenges for young people in crisis ...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:15:05
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Six months after the earthquake, moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the the situation for schoolchildren in post-quake Haiti.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 00:10:25
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To commemorate World Refugee Day, moderator Amy Costello speaks with two guests about the education experience of refugees in West Africa.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:10:46
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Every day, despite significant risks to their safety, journalists bring stories from disasters and conflict zones to people around the world. Thes...

  • Added: May 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:16:32
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‘Beyond School Books’ – a podcast series on education in emergencies Podcast #24: Innovative financing for education

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 00:11:19
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Beyond Schoolbooks 21: Sudan Child Soldiers

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 00:14:30
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Moderator Amy Costello speaks with Patrick Meier, the Director of Crisis Mapping and Strategic Partnerships at Ushahidi and a Co-Director of the H...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2010
  • Length: 00:14:30
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Moderator Amy Costello with two Ugandan students, Sanyu, who was orphaned by AIDS, and Nokrach, a former child soldier, about their experiences and...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2010
  • Length: 00:15:41
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Beyond School Books’ – a podcast series on education in emergencies Podcast #18: Fighting for access to education

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:30:06