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14 January 2025

The Rewarding Task of Bringing Children Back to School

Azucena Santacruz is a social facilitator for the Let’s Go to School! project, responsible for the districts of San Lorenzo and Ñemby, in the Central Department of Paraguay. As the school year draws to a close, she reflects on her work experience and shares what it means to her to ensure that children have their r...

14 January 2025

The Role of Teachers is Key to Preventing Students from Dropping-Out

In the final stage of the school year, teacher Marlene Pérez, from Basic School No. 4195 Héroes del Chaco in San Lorenzo, shares her experience supporting her students' learning recovery as part of the Let’s Go to School! project. This initiative is led by the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC, in Spanish) i...

14 January 2025

Pedrito and His Genuine Desire to Learn

Pedro Irala Tapari is a child from the indigenous Ava Guaraní community who loves climbing trees and playing soccer with his friends. When he grows up, he wants to study nursing just like his mother. This year, with great joy he managed, with the help of his teacher, to overcome the obstacles that prevented him fr...

14 January 2025

Learning Recovery Spaces

Children from Basic School No. 4195 Héroes del Chaco participate in the Learning Recovery Spaces (ERA, Spanish acronym), an educational strategy developed under the framework of the Let’s Go to School! project. First, children are assessed by teachers, who use learning assessments to identify those with specific ...

Punto Farma Supports School Enrollment Campaign

ASUNCIÓN, July 18, 2024. Punto Farma company supports the school enrollment campaign Let's go to school! , led by the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Education Above All (EAA) foundation of Qatar. The campaign will intensify its action...

UNICEF and Education Above All Donate 1,000 Computers to Support Students Returning to School

ASUNCIÓN, June 27, 2024. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Education Above All Foundation (EAA) have completed the delivery of a donation of 1,000 computers to the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) to support the return to school of students from 175 institutions across the country. The de...

Cristina, the girl who teaches us not to be indifferent

Cristina is a girl with a disability who is going to school for the first time this year, when she is nine 9 years old. In February of this year, the San Miguel school in San Pedro del Paraná included her in a classroom. When Cristina's mother remembered all that she had to go through with her daughter, tears bega...

Paraguay receives support to strengthen the management for future pandemics

ASUNCIÓN, March 6 th , 2024. Out of 133 countries around the world, Paraguay has been selected to receive a $10,5 million grant to implement the national project entitled “Strengthening Critical Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Functions in Paraguay” sponsored by the Pandemic Fund having the goal to ...

UNICEF’s immunization mission contributed to key information for increased coverage on children vaccinations

ASUNCIÓN, March 5th, 2024. The mission from the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) specialists about the data analysis from immunizations was a complete success, according to the analysis done by the officials. “I am very happy with the results of this mission, it was well received by the Government” said Ralp...

27 February 2024

Eliezer's return to school

Eliezer Riveros' (13) house, where he lives with his parents and six siblings, is located on the side of a road that is not very busy, between crystal-clear water streams and breathtaking nature. This place is located in the Peguajho Typy borough in the district of Horqueta, department of Concepción. This area of ...

26 February 2024

Project supports school enrollment in six departments

ASUNCIÓN, February 23 rd , 2024. The project entitled “ ¡Vamos a la escuela!”( Let’s go to school) led by the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MEC) in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Education Above All Foundation (EAA) from Qatar, is supporting the enrollment of boys and gi...

Dreams come true thanks to the digital book

A dream is brewing in a small school in Paraguay. A digital book with sign language inspires girls, boys and adolescents with or without disabilities to achieve their goals. Inclusion fulfills dreams. When he was a child, Thobías had a hard time going to his first school. Being sociable and a soccer fanatic he cou...