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More children than ever are getting the opportunity to go to school, but are they getting the education they need to thrive in today’s globalized world? OneWorld looks at what governments can be doing, what civil society groups are doing, and what you can do to help children "learn the future.".

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06/26/2008 ‘Tikwere’ in Malawi is becoming hugely popular among students and teachers alike who are greatly benefiting from this innovative approach to learning through radio. Broadcast daily for half-an-hour, it has lessons on literacy, English language and life skills.
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06/25/2008 With a view to help people gather information and communicate with others, the Telecentre.org is setting up an English-language academy in Africa. Its approach will be to create a global community of people and organisations committed to increasing the social and economic impact of grassroots telecenters.
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06/24/2008 From starting tree nurseries to properly disposing of solid waste, a new guide offers simple solutions to help communities around the planet improve their quality of life.
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From: Grassroots International, Hesperian
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06/23/2008 With African-American women accounting for 72 percent of all new female HIV cases, one "feminist filmmaker" discusses her documentary revolving around a young African-American doctor and her two HIV-positive patients.
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From: Reproductive Health Reality Check
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06/20/2008 A training program in Sudan teaches men such as Marup Deng Deng basic tool-making and business skills, such as blacksmithing, that allow them to open their own businesses and control their own income.
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From: Mercy Corps
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06/19/2008 Hundreds of children, including 240 orphans, will be affected by the Israeli military's recent decision to shut down schools and orphanages belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society.
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From: Advocacy Project
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06/18/2008 Abducted from her Cambodian village and nearly forced into slavery at 15, Chivv Ya now teaches other young girls practical skills to protect themselves against human trafficking.
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From: World Education Inc.
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06/18/2008 Jerusalem's Domari Gypsies, chronically ignored and discriminated against in the midst of a wider conflict, find pride in their culture at a Community Center designed especially for Gypsy women.
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From: Peace X Peace
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06/17/2008 WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, but rather, its children. Local and international groups have launched several initiatives to help meet the needs of many of the estimated 3 million children affected by the earthquake.
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Child worker in Pakistan.
06/13/2008 Education is critical to breaking the cycle of child labor and poverty as well as eradicating child labor in its worst forms by 2016, the International Labour Organization said today, the World Day Against Child Labor.
From: International Labour Organization
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06/12/2008 Single mother Dorothy Kanjautso, who founded a private nursery school with a start-up loan of $70, is just one of many African women and men -- profiled here -- that has contributed to her community by starting a small business.
From: Opportunity International
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At a Dayton, Ohio High School; 2006.
06/10/2008 The House of Representatives passed legislation granting $7 billion for U.S. schools to become more energy efficient and healthier, a move that is expected to reduce costs for school districts in the long run.
From: Earth Day Network
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Related: [United States] [Energy] [Environment] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Disease/treatment] [Governance]
Image: At a Dayton, Ohio High School; 2006. © ACTION (Initiatives of Change)
06/10/2008 UNESCO invites applications for the 2008 King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. The prize recognises those achievements, which harness the potential of new and emerging technologies for transforming education, learning and knowledge sharing. Last date for submissions is August 31, 2008.

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06/09/2008 Educator Jackson Katz's violence prevention programs for college and high school students are challenging the idea that gender violence is exclusively a women's issue and showing men how to be part of the solution.
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From: Reproductive Health Reality Check
Related: [United States] [Youth] [Gender] [Activism]
06/09/2008 Sharing ideas and theories, as opposed to concealing them, is a good thing, says Taking sharing to the classroom, a research paper published by International Open Source Network. The paper emphasises on the use of free and open source software in school education to enhance knowledge and overall efficiency of students.
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06/06/2008 Thousands of school children in Benin are learning about HIV/AIDS -- a subject rarely broached in the Beninese classroom or home -- through a new initiative that raises awareness by working more closely with parents and teachers.
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From: World Education Inc.
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06/04/2008 Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.
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From: Guttmacher Institute
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06/03/2008 Hundreds of thousands of Uzbekistani high school graduates are choosing to work as migrant laborers rather than go to college due to the unemployment and poverty that afflict their rural communities.
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From: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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