Blog Entries for the 'Global Issues' Category
Round the World’s model is built on the premise that everyone can make a difference. A small contribution channeled into sustainable projects can have sustainable impacts that reach far beyond the initial contribution.
This is the story of how one young student and her school decided to make that difference is people’s lives half way around the world. The story is [...]
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Posted on: July 28, 2011
Categories: Global Issues, Kenya, Poverty, Projects, Well for HIV+ Village- Kenya
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How can you put a new roof on a school, integrate technology with laptops and wireless, create a library and conduct a cultural exchange for very little money? Great partnerships and community involvement! Find out what students in NC and Belize did to make their world a better place.
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Posted on: June 27, 2011
Categories: AFAR, Archaeology, Belize, Education, Games Kids Play, News, School roof and library Belize, Traditions, Videos, ideas for educators, sustainability
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Give $5 to Round the World with Us for Japan Red Cross Earthquake Relief and we’ll send you a super-awesome “We Are One” charity bracelet. Please click “give” on the home page to donate now!
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Posted on: May 22, 2011
Categories: Environment, Japan, Japan Earthquake Relief, News
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Japan is fine and you guys kept freaking me out by saying I would melt or keel over from radiation poisoning. You said Tokyo was a ghost town, but there are definitely enough people to get me lost for a fair amount of time.
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Posted on: May 20, 2011
Categories: Environment, History, Snacks and Food
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Thanks to your support, we have recently completed two projects in Southeast Asia! We have photos to share of both the new reading room in Laos and the new Ian Tilden School in Cambodia. Both projects are making huge changes for the better when it comes to the education of local children.
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Posted on: May 1, 2011
Categories: American Assistance for Cambodia, Cambodia, Economic Opportunity, Education, Laos, News, Primary School- Cambodia, Reading Room- Vietnam, Room to Read
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Thanks to your support, our project to build houses and give land to Dalit people and to help fund the health education program for sponsored children in Calcutta. We have several posts and videos about theses projects that we hope you’ll enjoy!
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Posted on: May 1, 2011
Categories: Children International, Economic Opportunity, Education, Health Education- Calcutta, LAFTI, Land and homes for Dalits (untouchables), News, Poverty
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We received this Certificate of Appreciation from the Cambodian Ministry of Education for the Ian Tilden Middle School project and wanted to share it with all of you who helped make the school a reality.
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Posted on: April 20, 2011
Categories: Cambodia, Education
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We were able to visit one of the three reading rooms that you made possible in Laos! Thanks for all of your support!
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Posted on: April 17, 2011
Categories: Economic Opportunity, Education, Laos, Room to Read
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What can we learn from a 5 yr-old? – a unique perspective on war and the endurance of the human spirit. It is the love, joy and spirit of the Cambodian people that make us so grateful to you for donating enough to fund a new primary school for them! Stay tuned for news of the opening ceremony of the Ian Tilden School on April 7th and 8th!
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Posted on: March 21, 2011
Categories: American Assistance for Cambodia, Blog, Cambodia, Education, History, News, Poverty, Primary School- Cambodia, World Conflicts
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A day of touring around Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. There’s so much to see and do here- including bowling!
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Posted on: March 16, 2011
Categories: Travel Tips, Vietnam, World Conflicts, entertainment, recreation
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