Blog Entries for the 'Global Issues' Category
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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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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The kids in our computer / video class made this incredible movie about their day to day lives and their dreams for the future.
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Posted on: February 13, 2011
Categories: Children International, Economic Opportunity, Education, Environment, Health Care, Health Education- Calcutta, India, News, Poverty, Snacks and Food, Sports, Traditions, Videos, ideas for educators, recreation
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My idea of becoming a Zoologist seems to be crumbling. All because I don’t know what a Crenarchaeota is. See Mr. Robinson? I can ask questions, unless I’m in a class full of children, then I’ll be quiet. But seriously, what’s a Crenarchaeota?
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Posted on: February 8, 2011
Categories: Education, Global Issues, India, ideas for educators
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Kolkata 30 Jan 2011
Podcast – get a behind the scenes feel for everyday life in the poorer neighborhoods of Kolkata as we are invited to the homes of some of the CI-Sahay sponsored children. Also, taxis, street markets, Grand Hotel buffet, our English, video and crafts classes and more.
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Posted on: January 30, 2011
Categories: Children International, Economic Opportunity, Education, Fun Facts - Cultures and Countries, Health Education- Calcutta, India, Podcasts, Poverty, Travel Tips
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Teaching is a much harder job than I thought it was. Especially when you don’t know the native language, or much about the subject!
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Posted on: January 25, 2011
Categories: Children International, Education, Health Education- Calcutta, India
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