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16 September 2024

Inoussa Kabore is the new UNICEF Representative to Guinea-Bissau

BISSAU, 16 September 2024 – Inoussa Kabore, MD, MPH, a natural of Burkina Faso, is the new Representative of the United Nations Fund (UNICEF) to Guinea-Bissau. He presented his letter of accreditation today to His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities, Dr Carlos Pint...

Guinea-Bissau: Inclusive education brings a richer experience for all

When 15-year-old Nadia Ca and 12-year-old Fatumata Candé express themselves, they do so with more self-confidence than most adolescents. They talk enthusiastically about their future plans, favourite lessons and hobbies. They also take great care of their appearance. They are dressed in trendy jeans and a T-shirt,...

France and UNICEF partner to support education in Guinea-Bissau

Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), 20 de March, 2024 – France and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) signed a partnership to support the Ministry of National Education, of Guinea Bissau with a project valued at four million euros for the rehabilitation of school and sports infrastructure in the capital Bissau, impro...

20 December 2023

Improving school enrolment and retention through sport in Guinea-Bissau

Since the year 2000, UNICEF has promoted sport, recreation and play from early childhood to adolescence. Research has shown that Sport for Development is an inclusive way to help children to develop their educational, social and leadership skills, improve their health and wellbeing, and protect their right to play...

20 December 2023

Early learning is a smart investment

The first five years of life are the most important for learning. Young children’s brains grow at a rapid pace with brain connections happening at a startling speed, shaping their cognitive, emotional and social development. During this phase, young children should be busy interacting with their environment and pa...

Flagship report

20 December 2023

UNICEF Guinea-Bissau Programme of Cooperation 2022-2026

This brief highlights the main goals of UNICEF’s Country Programme of Cooperation (2022-2026), showing our efforts in humanitarian and development work in Guinea-Bissau.

13 November 2023

Empowering girls to dream and speak their mind

She looked shy until she started talking. At 19 years old, Adja Camara stood up in front of her girlfriends during the encounter in the “Bantaba de Badjudas”, or Girls’ House in Creole, and started naming some of the topics the teenage and adolescent girls discuss when they are together. Adja lives in Padjama, a v...

14 September 2023

The Ripple Effect of BEQI

“Using BEQI in Guinea Bissau has been like throwing a little stone in the lake and seeing the ripples make their way through the entire ECE system. This first step of using the BEQI has had a huge impact on the way we use data and a transformation of the way we view ECE in Guinea Bissau.” Carla Jauad ECD Officer,...

Here, play is serious business

Henriquela is happy to be here, but she’s not ready to let go of her mother yet. Before running to play with her friends, the four-year-old hugs her mother and climbs on her back one last time, laughing. The little girl attends a Community Kindergarten in Missira, in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. “She likes th...

Here, play is serious business

Henriquela is happy to be here, but she’s not ready to let go of her mother yet. Before running to play with her friends, the four-year-old hugs her mother and climbs on her back one last time, laughing. The little girl attends a Community Kindergarten in Missira, in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau. “She likes th...

12 October 2022

IN PURSUIT OF EDUCATION FOR ALL IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA

Over the past two decades, remarkable progress has been made internationally in terms of expanding access to education. Worldwide, more than 90 per cent of primary school-age children have been enrolled in school. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, net enrolment in primary has grown to 79 per cent as of 2018, compared w...

17 October 2021

Time to Teach

While the world was already in a learning crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to worsen this situation. Teacher absenteeism is one of the most troubling obstacles on the path to universal access to learning opportunities. There is mounting evidence that teacher absenteeism is a particular challenge in low- a...