Akelius Foundation

press coverage 2023

©William Watts

Världens Barn receives SEK 45.3 million as a gift from the Akelius Foundation

2023-12-31 | via.tt.se

During the autumn, every kroner paid into the Världens Barn campaign was doubled by Akelius... read more or download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

Akelius digital platform for learning foreign languages is more than an online application

2023-12-29 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

It represents a real community that brings together teachers, children and parents. This digital platform primarily motivates teachers to use it... read more or download PDF

©UNICEF São Tomé e Príncipe

The National Digital Learning Program

2023-12-28 | Twitter account UNICEF São Tomé e Príncipe

The National Digital Learning Program strengthened the capacities of teachers and students in terms of digital literacy and the use of the Akelius and Learning Passport blended learning platforms... read more

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Save the Children in North West Balkans

2023-12-28 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

If we want children to achieve good results and master learning a foreign language, it would be desirable for foreign language teachers in their work to use an interactive approach to learning as much as possible, which is especially suitable for children with developmental difficulties... read more or download PDF

©Cicci Jonson

Akelius' doubling inspires - large companies donate money

2023-12-18 | Dagens industri

With two weeks to go, Akelius' charity campaign is in full swing... read more or download PDF

©Sos Barnbyar

Akelius skänker miljoner till utbildning

2023-12-14 | Aftonbladet

Varje år skänker Roger Akelius hundratals miljoner till välgörenhetsorganisationer... read more or download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

We should constantly remind ourselves how important it is to provide all children with all their rights.

2023-12-13 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

This is especially important for children on the move whose education was interrupted due to leaving their homeland, because the possibility of attending classes again instills hope that life can be normalized... read more or download PDF

© UNICEF Sweden

Mobile learning for children on the run!

2023-12-08 | LinkedIn account UNICEF Sweden

In a colorful container on the outskirts of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7-year-old Merva sits and solves tasks in English together with five other students... read more or download PDF

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The UNICEF Representative for Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, Dr. Mame Selbee Diouf,

2023-12-07 | Instagram account unicefstp

together with Representatives from the Private Sector, visited Escola Básica Riboque Santana, with the aim of monitoring the activities carried out daily in terms of digital learning in one of the schools... read more

©Akelius Foundation

Investment in improved access to mathematics education

2023-12-07 | CHALMERS

Competence in mathematics is a crucial factor for a country's technical and economic development...

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©UNICEF Sverige

Akelius' digital language school enables flexible teaching

2023-12-04 | UNICEF Sverige

In a colorful container, in an old military facility on the outskirts of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Merva, 7 years old, sits and solves tasks in English together with five other students... read more or download PDF

©Hiptex

BC Government delivers tablets to strengthen language learning through the "Akelius" platform

2023-12-01 | Hiptex

The "Akelius" platform is supported by the Radix Education Association, which seeks to improve learning processes and teaching methods... read more or download PDF

©Melker Dahlstrand

100 brilliant backpacks on Norrmalmstorg - to highlight children's right to school

2023-12-01 | Resumé

During Friday, one hundred blue backpacks were thrown over chairs in a fictitious classroom under the open sky on Norrmalmstorg in Stockholm... read more or download PDF

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Ministry of Education strengthens language learning through implementation of the Akelius platform

2023-11-30 | Diario Tijuana

It is an application designed for learning different languages aimed at stud ents of all ages... read more or download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

UNICEF Bosnia and Herzegovina

2023-11-29 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

More than 100 children had the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of foreign languages using the Akelius digital platform at school competitions in the Una-Sana Canton area that were organized in November...read more and download PDF

©UNICEF/Panjeta

A bridge of communication

2023-11-24 | Udruženje mreža za izgradnju mira || 2023-11-23 | UNICEF Bosnia and Herzegovina

For Ahmed from Ušivak, the Akelius digital language learning platform facilitates communication, learning and inclusion in classes read more or download PDF || read more or download PDF

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Educational technology for the social inclusion of children in Italy: the Unicef report

2023-11-19 | aise.it

It is called "New Horizons for Learning. The use of educational technology to support language learning and social inclusion of disadvantaged children in Italy," is the new Report published by Unicef Italy... read more or download PDF

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"If I become big" continues together with the Akelius Foundation

2023-11-16 | PMU

For the Christmas fundraiser two years ago, we at PMU started a collaboration with you at the Akelius Foundation, which focused on children’s right to education in developing countries, and meant that the Akelius Foundation would double the money we collected…

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All children should be allowed to go to school!

2023-11-15 | YouTube channel Sverige för UNHCR

Give the year's most important Christmas gift, that more children and young people on the run can go to school... watch video

©UNICEF Italia

support for pupils with disabilities

2023-11-14 | Twitter account UNICEF Italia

The Akelius digital platform, promoted by UNICEF in 10 countries around the world, is helping... read more

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UNICEF Report: “New Horizons for Learning. The use of educational technology for disadvantaged children in Italy”

2023-11-14 | UNICEF

UNICEF releases today the reports New Horizons for Learning. The use of educational technology to support language learning and social inclusion of disadvantaged children in Italy, which presents the results of the first year of the experimentation of Akelius, the digital platform for learning foreign languages... read more

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Akelius initiative offers a digital platform

2023-11-14 | Twitter account UNICEF ALBANIA

#Akelius initiative offers a digital platform for interactive English teaching in 16 different... read more and watch video

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School, digital for learning languages: the case of the Unicef platform

2023-11-14 | Alley Oop

Not just risks. Technologies can provide great help in learning languages and strengthening the integration of refugee and migrant children, but also for those with special educational needs. This is demonstrated by the results of the first year of testing in Italy of Akelius,... read more or download PDF

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Educational poverty - Unicef, published the report "New horizons for learning" on the use of technology to support disadvantaged children

2023-11-14 | SIR Agenzia d'informazione

Unicef today publishes the report New horizons for learning. The use of educational technology to support language learning and social inclusion of disadvantaged children in Italy, which presents the results of the first year of the experimentation of Akelius, the digital platform for learning foreign languages... read more or download PDF

©UNICEF Sverige

Akelius doubles all gifts for children's education - "Without school, no future"

2023-11-13 | UNICEF Sverige

Close to 70 percent of all ten-year-olds in the world cannot read or understand a simple text... read more or download PDF

©Cicci Jonson

Akelius opens the wallet again: "Hope for a few hundred million"

2023-11-12 | Dagens industri

Property billionaire Roger Akelius opens his wallet again this Christmas. For every kroner that the aid organizations UNICEF, UNHCR and SOS Children's Villages receive in... read more or download PDF

©UNICEF

Top 10 Reasons Why Digital Learning Succeeds or Fails

2023-11-10 | UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight

Children need the foundational skills of reading and writing to engage in school and life. But to benefit, fully and safely, from the technologies that increasingly power the present and future of their societies and economies, they also need to build digital skills... download PDF

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the launch of the activities of the (Akelius) program

2023-11-09 | Twitter account UNICEF Mauritania

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Mauritania branch announced the launch of the activities of the (Akelius) program for the digital school from Al-Siddiq School in Dar Al-Naim district in Nouakchott... read more or download PDF

By Joaquín Cárceles, Sanja Kabil and Adin Skalonja

Mastering Digital Learning

2023-11-07 | UNICEF

Lessons for creating effective teacher training programmes from Bosnia and Herzegovina... read more or download PDF

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When we support our teachers, we support our children.

2023-11-07 | UNICEF Innocenti

In Bosnia & Herzegovina, UNICEF + the Ministry of Education provided teachers with hands-on training... read more

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Akelius program

2023-10-24 | samodzielnoscodkuchni.pl

The SOK Foundation as a UNICEF partner implements the Akelius program in schools where children with migration experience, including refugee children from Ukraine, are taught... read more

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Akelius Program Training: It's Time to Start!

2023-10-20 | Instagram account fundacjasok

We have initiated a series of training sessions to support teachers who are teaching Polish as a foreign language and English using blended learning in language classes, involving children with migration experience... read more

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On October 17 and 18, in a central school in Athens,

2023-10-20 | Facebook account ΜΕΤΑδραση - METAdrasi

METADrasi and UNICEF Greece held a workshop to introduce the digital language course Akelius, a valuable tool for learning the Greek language... read more

©Tatiana Aderikhina

schools joining the Akelius language

2023-10-19 | Twitter account @taderkhina

#happeningnow @unicefkaz visits #Almaty schools joining the Akelius language initiative to develop literacy skills among children using digital platforms... read more

©Ghassan Khalil

Akelius training session at the Intercultural High School of Athens

2023-10-18 | Twitter account @GKUNICEF

Delighted to have attended the Akelius training session at the Intercultural High School of Athens, shedding light on the Digital Language Learning Course and... read more

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Erikshjälpen set a new fundraising record - over 3.7 million for world's children

2023-10-17 | it pedagogen

On Saturday, October 7, Erikshjälpen Second Hand's stores and E-handeln broke a new record by selling SEK 3,703,294 for the benefit... read more or download PDF  

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Save the Children in North West Balkans

2023-10-17 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

Akelius digital platform continues to shape children's minds and teaches them not only new words, but also helps them navigate everyday situations...read more or download PDF

©UNICEF

Off to learn - making offline digital learning work for vulnerable girls in Mauritania

2023-10-11 | unicef-irc.org and Twitter accounts

In Mauritania, many learners struggle with French, one of the official languages of instruction at school... read more,
download PDF en or fr,
see Twitter @UNICEF Education or @UNICEF Innocenti

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Summing up the world's children SEK 77.6 million so far

2023-10-09 | Oebronyheter

When the campaign for the World's Children was summed up in SVT last night, SEK 77.6 million had been collected, from north to south - in castles and huts - the collection has been going on for children's rights...read more or download PDF  

©Fredrik Sandberg, TT

Over 72 million raised for the world's children

2023-10-08 | Expressen

The final sum during Saturday night's fundraising gala "Together for the Children of the World" on SVT landed at just over SEK 72 million after the charity organization Akelius Foundation... read more or download PDF

©Fredrik Sandberg, TT

Over 72 million raised for the world's children

2023-10-07 | Goeteborgs-posten

The final sum during Saturday night's fundraising gala "Together for the Children of the World" on SVT landed at just over SEK 72 million after the charity organization Akelius Foundation... read more or download PDF

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AED-Akelius: reintegration ceremony for 50 students in 4 schools in Arafat

2023-10-07 | futureafrique

The NGO Assistance-Education organized, Thursday October 5, 2023, an integration ceremony for 50 children including 27 girls in four basic schools... read more or download PDF

©SVT

Sweden's broadest and Radiohjälpen's largest collection for children's rights around the world.

2023-10-07 | SVT

Broadcasters Fredrik Önnevall and Farah Abadi take the lead as the whole country rallies tonight for Världens Barn watch video  

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Erikshjälpen Second Hand donates the daily allowance to the Children of the World

2023-10-06 | Erikshjaelpen

Doubly when Erikshjälpen Second Hand donates the daily allowance to World's Children, on Saturday 7 October, all Erikshjälpen Second Hand's daily allowances go to Radiohjälpen's fundraising campaign World's Children.The Akelius Foundation has promised to double the amount collected during October... read more  or download PDF

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Education for every child

2023-10-05 | Instagram account unicefcaboverde

Education is changing and Cape Verde is implementing the recommendations from the Education Summit Transforming Education, which urges countries to change the way learning is being done so that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is achieved... read more or download PDF

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Educational reform with a focus on strengthening languages and the digital transition of the educational system

2023-10-03 | brava.news

The Minister of Education, Amadeu Cruz, made this consideration when presiding today, September 25th, at official launch ceremony of the Akelius Project, in the municipality of São Domingos, Santiago island... read more or download PDF

©Sven Lindblom

Students ran for the World's Children

2023-09-29 | Allehanda

Laila Sjödin, Godmersta, Husum, is one of the zealots in Örnsköldsvik for the collection for Världens Barn. She is fundraising leader for the 18th consecutive year and not only for Husum but also for large parts of the municipality... read more or download PDF

©SVT

Världens Barn

2023-09-29 | SVT

Farah Abadi kicks off this year's campaign week for World's Children - Sweden's broadest and Radiohjälpen's largest collection for children's rights around the world... watch video

©Tidningen

SEK 1,780,000 to the Children of the World in a single evening

2023-09-29 | Tidningen

What a night! What a turnout! What a menu! What a suggestion! When Roger Akelius has a flash of genius, the result is usually successful... read more or download PDF

©Praia FM

Skolas of Santiago and Sal are preparing a pilot project for teaching language to children in the second year and sixth year

2023-09-28 | Praia FM

Fundasôn suéku Akelius dja kumesa um prujetu pilotu di ensinu di língua na sinku skola di 2º ti 6º anu... read more or download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

language learning with Akelius digital platform

2023-09-28 | Facebook account, Save the Children in North West Balkans

JU OŠ "Harmani II" in Bihać is one of the six schools in the area of the Una-Sana Canton where foreign language learning has been implemented in the past few years with the help of the Akelius digital platform... read more or download PDF

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UNICEF São Tomé e Príncipe

2023-09-28 | Instagram account, unicefstp

Yesterday, September 27th, the National Digital Learning Program (PNAD) celebrated the beginning of the school year at Escola Básica Adr., in Neves... read more or download PDF

©welcomeatschool

Exciting News!

2023-09-28 | Instagram account, welcomeatschool

UNICEF and Akelius Foundation have joined forces to create an innovative e-learning platform... read more

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beginning of digital learning

2023-09-27 | Twitter account, United Nations Cabo Verde-Nações Unidas Cabo Verde

My name is Elmer and I like to learn with the tablet. It's much more fun” With the support of #UNICEF and AKELIUS Foundation,... read more

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Akelius Foundation starts implementation of pilot project in basic schools in Cape Verde

2023-09-25 | inforpress

Cidade da Praia, 25 Sep (Inforpress) - The Swedish Akelius Foundation began today, in partnership with the office of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), the pilot project for the teaching of languages to students from the second to the sixth year in five basic schools in the country... read more or download PDF

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Making accessible education for all children!

2023-09-25 | Twitter account, United Nations Cabo Verde-Nações Unidas Cabo Verde

Around 30 children from rural area in first phase & more than 2500 by the end of the project will have opportunity to learn languages ​​through the use of new technologies, a project supported by... read more

©Lilian Andersson

Akelius doubles Öckerö's collection for the Children of the World

2023-09-22 | Tidningen

"Sweden's most generous municipality" is a title Öckerö has received several times through great commitment and huge collections for the Children of the World... read more or download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

September is the time

2023-09-19 | Facebook account Save the Children in North West Balkans

when the new school year begins, and with the new education process new classes of learning German language Akelius digital platform have been launched in selected elementary schools of the Una-Sana Canton... download PDF or read more

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The children of the world will be twice as important this year!

2023-09-18 | PMU

The National Children's Fund works to ensure that all children in the world have the right to health, school and security. PMU together with... download PDF or read more

©Radiohjälpen

Children of the World - now your support is doubled

2023-09-18 | Med Via TT

The collection for the World's Children is doubled. Every kroner paid into the campaign is doubled over the next six weeks. The doubling means... download PDF or read more

©Fastighetsvarlden

Akelius doubles gifts to the Children of the World

2023-09-18 | Fastighetsvarlden

During the autumn, the Akelius Foundation will match the gifts that Världens Barn receives through its campaign via Radiohjälpen... download PDF or read more

©UNICEF

Thanks to Akelius, learning Greek becomes a 'game'

2023-09-11 | YouTube, account UNICEF Greece

Dieu, Silamit and Fajer, now feel more optimistic about their adaptation to the Greek school, thanks to the help of the AKELIUS digital course that helped them learn Greek in a more pleasant, easy and interactive way... watch video or download PDF

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UNICEF SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

2023-09-08 | YouTube account of UNICEF SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

Testimony from the Director of the Atanásio Gomes School, one of the PNAD pilot schools... watch video or download PDF

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UNICEF SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

2023-09-06 | Youtube

On the third day of the Digital Learning Week, we highlight the engagement of Young Volunteers in the National Digital Learning Program (PNAD).Whether in terms of the logistics of using equipment or the use of the Akelius and Learning Passport platforms... download PDF or watch video

©UNHCR 2022

Summary report INS Mozambique 2022

2023-09-06 | UNHCR

In late 2022, the Akelius Foundation entered an exciting new partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and Vodafone Foundation. Thanks to funding from the ... download PDF

©UNCHR

project in Mozambique with UNCHR

2023-08-27 | UNCHR

My name is Aristide and I'm INS Coach at Maratane High School. I am from Burundi. The impact of INS is very positive, especially here in... watch video

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Federation Bosnia and Herzegovina, Government

2023-08-23 | vlada.ks.gov.ba

Minister Hota-Muminović
with the Akelius Digital Language Course project, we are improving the educational process... read more or download PDF

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ARSIS - Association for the Social Support of Youth

2023-08-22 | arsis.gr, Facebook and Twitter account of ARSIS

Educational Intervention Team of ARSIS at the Reception and Identification Center (KYT) at Evros Prison. Technology is undeniably an integral part of our daily lives, and education, as part of it, could not be included... read more , download PDF , Facebook , or Twitter

©UNICEF Bosna i Hercegovina

UNICEF Bosna i Hercegovina

2023-08-22 | Facebook, UNICEF Bosna i Hercegovina account

Since 2020, the Akelius Digital Language Learning Course has been used in reception centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina... read more or download PDF

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Akelius Digital Language Learning Course began to be used in regular classes

2023-08-17 | Facebook account, UNICEF Bosna i Hercegovina

In 2022, the Akelius Digital Language Learning Course began to be used in regular classes and extracurricular activities in primary schools in Sarajevo Canton and Una-Sana Canton, and so far over 2,500 students in 8 primary schools in these two cantons have had the opportunity to learn foreign languages using the Akelius Digital Course... read more and watch video or download PDF

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UNICEF sub-regional representative bids farewell to São Tomé and Príncipe with a positive balance

2023-08-14 | Agência STP-PRESS

The UNICEF representative for São Tomé and Príncipe and Gabon, Mr. Noel Marie Zagre, was on an official and working visit to the country for a week, with the main objective of presenting farewell greetings to the national authorities and government partners in the context of the cessation of their functions as sub-regional representative of this United Nations organization for Education and Children... read more or download PDF

©UNICEF Ukraine

Eye-tracking tech helps eight-year-old to return to school

2023-07-26 | YouTube, account UNICEF Ukraine

UNICEF provided eight-year-old Artem with a special device to help him to communicate and develop. Thanks to the eye-tracker, he will also be able to attend school... watch video

©Futureafrique

More than 430 children inserted into public school

2023-07-22 | Futureafrique

Education is a right for all. But this slogan is meaningless when you see many children of school age hanging out in the streets of Nouakchott... read more or download PDF

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Bosnia and Herzegovina is committed to a new project to improve Internet access in schools

2023-07-21 | Facebook, Vlada Unsko - sanskog kantona account

Edvin Alijanovic, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports in the Government of the Una-Sana Canton spoke with Rownak Khan, UNICEF Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina about programs to support the education system... read more or download PDF

©UNHCR

Testimony from students in Mozambique

2023-07-21 | UNHCR

My name is João and I'm 19 years old. For me it is important to learn a language because it helps me in many ways and also to communicate with my colleagues and friends... watch video

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UNICEF donated 70 tablets to DIF for English classes at CASEF

2023-07-18 | PuenteLibre.mx

They carried out the signing of collaboration agreement between UNICEF and Municipal DIF to formalize the work between said instances, in addition to donating 70 electronic tablets for English classes in two Social and Educational Care Centers for Families... read more or download PDF

©Giorgos Moutafis

Final Report on the Emergency Response Program funded by the Akelius Foundation, 2016-2022

2023-07-14 | SOS Children's Villages Greece

Greece has been in the international spotlight for over a decade as it was hit by multiple-level crises (ie. financial, humanitarian, health, and political), which... download PDF

©SOS Care Promise database

Annual reports 2022 from SOS Children’s Villages in Philippines, Haiti, India, Cambodia and Palestine

2023-07-14 | SOS Barnbyar

War, climate-related crises, and inflation have made the situation for children and young people worse in 2022, especially for those who are already struggling. Not least the war in... download PDF

©Save the Children in North West Balkans

Ljetni raspust je najljepše vrijeme za najmlađe

2023-06-29 | Facebook, Save the Children in North West Balkans account

vrijeme kada se u potpunosti opuste i posvete igri i druženju. Ali najbolji dio raspusta također može biti i prilika da djeca kroz igru, zabavu i smijeh nauče i nešto novo.... read more

©UNICEF Africa

Learning with a tablet is more fun

2023-06-28 | UNICEF Africa, Twitter account of UNICEF Africa

“Learning with a tablet is more fun,” says 8-year-old Michelle. In Cabo Verde, a programme supported by the Ministry of Education, the Akelius Foundation and UNICEF, is making digital learning a reality for children. read on Twitter

©Kuensel

Akelius Project to aid monastic students in learning English

2023-06-26 | Kuensel

In the next two years, 1,400 nuns and monks in 14 monastic institutions will have access to English language learning on the smart devices distributed through Akelius Project... read more or download PDF

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Dratshang Lhentshog and UNICEF launch information Management System for monks and nuns

2023-06-23 | Facebook, BBC account

The Dratshang Lhentshog and UNICEF Bhutan have launched an Information Management System for monks and nuns in the country. The Tsugla Lopon of the Central Monast… read more

©UNICEF BiH

Akelius Ilidza final

2023-06-07 | UNICEF

The joint creation and implementation of the Digital Language Learning Course - Akelius in Bosnia and Herzegovina began in 2020, as part of the global partnership between UNICEF and the Akelius Foundation.... watch video

©UNICEF

unlocking learning

2023-05-30 | UNICEF

"My children didn't know the language. I was worried about what the educational process would look like...watch video

©Giva Sverige

Rekordökning för svenskarnas givande under 2022

2023-05-21 | Örebronyheter

Nu lanseras rapporten Givandet i siffror 2022. Den visar att givandet till ideella organisationer 2022 nådde 13,1 miljarder kronor, en ökning med hela 34 procent jämfört med 2021...read more

 

©Mats Oun, Pealinn

Ukrainians now have the opportunity to learn foreign languages for free on the Akelius platform

2023-02-03 | uamedia.eu

It doesn't matter what your level of foreign language proficiency is for studying...
read more or download pdf

©UNICEF

Unlocking learning

2023-02-01 | UNICEF

The use of education technology to support disadvantaged children’s language learning and social inclusion in Italy read more

©UNICEF 2023

The e-learning platform that supports refugee children in Greek schools

2023-01-18 | UNICEF

Intresset för kriget har varit stort i Sverige och Ukraina var ämnet på de flestas läppar under våren… read more