Mongolia,
Education, Friday, 22 December 2006 09:19
Anais Nin once wrote that dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living. The following story is a young girl who is chasing her dream and doing all the right things to achieve her dream. It is not easy but with sheer determination there is a way to success.
Otgontsetseg comes from a very poor family in Mongolia. She has seven siblings sharing a...
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Rebuilding a community dream
Indonesia,
Education, Thursday, 26 October 2006 12:05
Mr. Syamsuddin is the Village Chief of Blang Luah, a small community in Aceh Barat, West Aceh Province, Indonesia. This village has approximately 1,000 people of which 300 are school aged children. He informed us that in the 1980’s and 1990’s there was no school in his community. Illiteracy was a big problem and many adults did not know how to read or write. Concerned community members decided to hold night classes in order to teach adult...
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Hidden from sight for 30 years
Mongolia,
Education, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 11:55
“Friday afternoon is our weekly shopping time, but with Renee away in Thailand, I had planned to finish a complicated woodwork project. It was not to be. Battsetseg, our project manager from our IEOPD (Improving Educational Opportunities for People with Disabilities) approached me to please come along to their sign language training for 20 deaf students in School # 29. She wanted me to meet one of the students. I knew this must be something s...
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Middle School Extra-Curricular Activities
Vietnam,
Education, Wednesday, 15 February 2006 13:46
Middle School Extra-Curricular Activities Prepare Adolescents for Life
Adolescents living in Cao Bang Province, a northern remote province of Vietnam bordering China, have a very limited knowledge of reproductive health and substance abuse issues. Discussing reproductive health in the home is taboo and many adolescents make reproductive health and substance abuse decisions based on myths and hearsay.
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