You are here: Homepage Tag school Articles These young women had been kidnapped by a group of Boko Haram members as young teenagers. Today they live in freedom in Maiduguri Photo: Getty Images Conflict | Nigeria Schools under attack For ten years, Boko Haram has been kidnapping people in northern Nigeria, including countless schoolchildren. But why are authorities so powerless? By Eromo Egbejule 11/11/2024 Avital Benshalom Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “How do you keep a vision of peace without sounding naïve?” Avital Benshalom runs the Hagar School in Be’er Sheva, where Jewish and Arab children learn together. How did the school continue its work after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza? Interview with Avital Benshalom 09/12/2024 A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023 Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023 Education The empty lunch box For many children, school provides not just education but a healthy meal. The United Nations report “State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020” reveals how the pandemic has hit those who have the least the hardest. Interview with Susanna Krüger 04/01/2021
These young women had been kidnapped by a group of Boko Haram members as young teenagers. Today they live in freedom in Maiduguri Photo: Getty Images Conflict | Nigeria Schools under attack For ten years, Boko Haram has been kidnapping people in northern Nigeria, including countless schoolchildren. But why are authorities so powerless? By Eromo Egbejule 11/11/2024
Avital Benshalom Photo: Ali Ghandtschi Shared society | Israel “How do you keep a vision of peace without sounding naïve?” Avital Benshalom runs the Hagar School in Be’er Sheva, where Jewish and Arab children learn together. How did the school continue its work after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent war in Gaza? Interview with Avital Benshalom 09/12/2024
A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023
Illustration: Hanneke Rozemuller Family life | Great Britain A quiet goodbye Since he can remember, there has been a deep rift between Daljit Nagra and his parents. He is ashamed of their narrow-mindedness; they despise his transformation into a “white man”. Memories of a difficult childhood By Daljit Nagra 10/16/2023
Education The empty lunch box For many children, school provides not just education but a healthy meal. The United Nations report “State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020” reveals how the pandemic has hit those who have the least the hardest. Interview with Susanna Krüger 04/01/2021
