Photo: Yanick Folly

Health and Education for UNESCO

Education has the power to transform the lives of children and young people. At UNESCO, inclusive and transformative education starts with healthy, happy and safe learners. Because children and young people who receive a good quality education are more likely to be healthy throughout their lives, and likewise those who are healthy are better able to learn and complete their education. 

Guided by the UNESCO Strategy on education for health and well-being and under the theme ‘Learn and thrive’, UNESCO works to improve the health, well-being and education outcomes of all learners, from primary schooling throughout their education pathways. By reducing health-related barriers to learning, such as gender-based violence, HIV and sexually transmitted infections, early and unintended pregnancy, bullying and discrimination, mental health concerns and malnutrition, UNESCO, together with governments and school systems, empowers learners to understand their rights, learn better and lead thriving lives.

TIMKAT produced seven photo stories and twelve estimonials in different places of the world  to document inspiring projects related to Health and Education.

Photos: Alessandro Cinque/ UNESCO, Deepti Asthana/ UNESCO, Ilan Godfrey/ UNESCO, Sylvain Cherkaoui/ UNESCO, Sylvain Cherkaoui/ UNESCO, Misper APAWU/ UNESCO

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