From among 2,500 applicants, 20 year-old Fatima was able to secure a seat in an information technology (IT) class at an educational institute in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training of 209 students is delivered with financial support from the World Bank.
Like Fatima, millions of children and youth across the world have been benefitting from World Bank-funded projects. The Bank is the largest external education financier for developing countries. It supports education through an average of $2.8 billion a year in new financing to help these countries achieve their education goals.
To further highlight the World Bank Group’s efforts in boosting education across the world, such as Fatima’s success story, we have launched our first free digital magazine on the popular news aggregation app, Flipboard.
Flipboard boasts to have 70 million monthly active users. The World Bank Group has valuable content that can benefit a wide range of audiences across the world. This new service will complement our existing online assets and promote our narrative in a more engaging way for better impact.
For those unfamiliar with Flipboard, it is a digital social magazine that aggregates content from websites and social media, presents it in magazine format, and allows users to flip through the content. It is a single place to discover, collect, and share content from different publishers in a personalized magazine.
To subscribe to our account and free magazine, download the free Flipboard app on your smart phone or tablet, sign up or log in, and type “@worldbankgroup” in the search field in the bar on the top, right-hand corner. In our profile, you’ll see two magazines. Tap on the Education box and follow our magazine.
Flipboard is also available on the Web. You can follow us and subscribe to our content by visiting: https://flipboard.com/@worldbank/education-1km9ic3py.
We invite you to view, share and comment on our content. Happy flipping!
For more information, please visit our website and follow @wbg_education on Twitter.