Education Saves Lives

19/06/2026

Until everyone is safe - yes, we're in.

World Refugee Day is this weekend (June 20).
This year, we're reminded by UNHCR that safety is not just the absence of violence. It means legal protection, shelter, health care, education, the right to work, and the chance to rebuild and live in dignity.
No one is safe until the most vulnerable among us are.

When people are forced to flee their homes, we all have a part to play. Protecting refugees helps communities thrive, creates stability and saves lives.

At Education Saves Lives we're proud to stand alongside many refugee-led groups, and provide them with resources to help bring health and hope in some of the world's largest and most longest-standing settings.

photo provided by Refugee Voice and Action, Kenya

01/06/2026

Thank you to all our volunteers - regular and one-off, for making our work possible over so many years. 👏

Your support has been invaluable especially in translating lessons, including “Avoiding Ebola”, into local languages.

Education Saves Lives - it's simple, and as vital as ever right now.

Interested in helping translate or narrate a lesson?
Contact us at [email protected]

28/05/2026

A reminder - our "Avoiding Ebola" lesson is available online, or on any USB that you already have from us. (educationsaveslives.org)

We are reaching out to organisations in DRC and Uganda, as well as neighbouring South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda - these are identified as highest risk areas by WHO.

Organisations in any other countries are also welcome to use the lessons, but especially Angola, CAR, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Congo Brazzaville where WHO is monitoring Ebola risk.

You don't need to wait for us to contact you, please get in touch via DM or email [email protected] if simple lessons for safer living will be helpful for your community.

22/05/2026

NEW
Latest newsletter with an update on how you can help respond to the Ebola crisis.

https://tinyurl.com/6u2s4auc

  The return of Ebola to DR Congo and the risk of spread to neighbouring countries is very concerning. Ebola is a deadly virus: between 30% and 50% of those infected will die. There are no specific treatments for the disease itself, only the symptoms, and no vaccines, so access to accurate informa...

18/05/2026

With an Ebola outbreack confirmed, our thoughts are with all the affacted areas.
The lesson "Avoiding Ebola" has lots of information and is available in 12 languages including, for Uganda, Acholi, Ateso, Karamojong, Runyankole and Swahili, as well as English, French and Kinyarwanda.

Please note that if you have USBs from us in these languages, you will already have access to this lesson.

If you need this lesson for your community, you can request from us on USB or DVD (link in comments) or watch it online here https://educationsaveslives.org/OL/

27/04/2026

WORLD VACCINATION WEEK

"Vaccines have long been one of the most powerful tools in public health. Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives – not by accident, but because ordinary people made the decision to protect themselves, their children and their communities from diseases like measles, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and rotavirus.
Today, newer vaccines against malaria, HPV, cholera, dengue, meningitis, RSV, Ebola, and mpox are saving even more lives, and helping people at every stage of life live longer and healthier thanks to scientific advancements. " Source WHO.

Vaccinations and immunisations will protect your family, community and future generations. You can find out more about why it's important, and how it is safe, through the Education Saves Lives "Immunisation" lesson available online, on DVD and on USB. Request copies from us today - send us a message or apply online.

https://educationsaveslives.org/product/immunisation-english/

“For every generation, vaccines work”

17/04/2026

Did you know....
you can watch (almost) all our lessons online?

Go to educationsaveslives.org , click "watch lessons online", and select your language from the dropdown to see what is available.

To save you data, these "lite" versions do not have all add-ons, and they have smaller, low-res images, but the content is the same as full lessons.

We've just added 12 more to the library, giving more than 1150 options in total!

13/04/2026

A new report from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says that ongoing conflict in the middle east increases the risk of tens of millions falling into poverty, across 162 countries (link in comments)

That is devastating.

We will continue to offer our simple lessons for safer living to give information that can help families stay as healthy as possible with the resources they do have. Message us now to find out more, and apply for lessons for your community.

Free interactive Lessons about health and other topics.

12/03/2026

Collaborating is exciting! We think this is the first time our lessons will be used in Niger, and wish Good Neighbors_Niger and Good Neighbours UK all the best with their project.

06/03/2026

This weekend, the world will mark International Women's Day.

The theme for 2026 is Rights. Justice. Action.

For some it is chance to highlight and celebrate progress that has been made, others will point to the reality that, still, millions of women and girls around the world do not have opportunities to reach their full potential.

At Education Saves Lives we don't have all the answers, but we do have simple lessons for safer living to help the community but especially you, women and girls, know how to deal with some of the challenges you face.
This information is in your own language, in a way that's easy to understand, because it is important, and so are you. Your life matters.

Message us to apply for free lessons or find out more.