During the 2018 LEGO® Idea Conference, we asked the Executive Director of Purposeful Productions Chernor Bah why parents play a crucial in education and the importance of ensuring equal access to education for boys and girls.
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The decision has shocked and outraged campaigners, who say it discriminates against girls and removes their right to an education. Chernor Bah, a Sierra Leone native and Youth Engagement Officer for A World at School, said it was "an irrational policy for the future of our country".
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Ebola cases are at last on a downward trend in Sierra Leone. Global youth advocate and education activist Chernor Bah shared his latest photo essay from his home country with Ebola Deeply, spotlighting the progress made and the challenges that lie ahead.
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Chernor Bah, a leading youth advocate for global education for the U.N. and World Bank, recently returned to his home country of Sierra Leone for the first time since Ebola took hold. Here he shares the first installment of his video diaries, speaking to Ebola Deeply about life in the time of Ebola.
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Education campaigner and A World at School Global Youth Ambassador Chernor Bah has been awarded the Voice of Courage Award by the Women’s Refugee Commission in New York. The event took place on Thursday 1st of May where Meryl Streep and Liv Ullman spoke, as well as Malala Yousafzai who presented the award to Chernor via video.
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Chernor Bah was six years old when Sierra Leone’s civil war began, and seven when it upended his life. Over the next several years, he and his family were displaced countless times. “You didn’t go to bed anymore with the same calm confidence that there would be a tomorrow. Every day was a gift now.” Although his home was burned, although community was scattered, Chernor didn’t fall prey to despair or bitterness. Chernor will receive Voices of Courage Award on May 1.
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Sierra Leonean-born Chernor Bah, who is currently serving as the Global Youth Rep on the UN Secretary General's Global Initiative on Education, has been asked to co-chair a youth education crisis committee to aid Syrian refugee children.
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In an extra-ordinary presentation at the United Nations in New York last Wednesday, 27 year-old Sierra Leonean born Chernor Bah vowed to hold the United Nations and other world leaders accountable should they fail to deliver quality education to young people of the 21st century.
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