EDUCATION-ZAMBIA: Communities Doing it For Themselves

Celebrating a Colorful Diwali with a difference

By: syedalimujtaba

  Chennai, Oct 16, 2009: Diwali, the festival of light has never been as colorful to me like today. As memory serves, I have always celebrated this Hindu festival with my friends amidst sound of fire crackers, lights and mouth watering sweets and other delicacies. Today was different. I was with over 200 children infected and affected ...

about 1 month ago

Hoops Of Hope Creates Hope Of The Future

By: snail

These stories makes me believe in the future. We need more people like 14 year old Austin Gutwein from Hoops of Hope, which he started his organization when he was 9 years old. Imagine being 9 years old and already have the compassion and passion to make a difference for people in need on the other side of the earth. From his site: "In the sp

about 1 month ago

Educational institutes to reopen on Monday

By: sudhir

The Federal government has in principle decided to reopen all the educational institutes throughout the country from Monday. The directives have been issued to the heads of the departments to reopen the institutes on Monday. The government has also chalked out a foolproof security plan for all the educational institutes in the country to ...

about 1 month ago

Uruguay: World Bank Expands Support to Full-time Schools

By: chnarendra

Today, the World Bank’s Board of Directors approved an additional US$ 29.9 million for the Third Basic Education Improvement Project (MECAEP) in Uruguay, allowing the project to reach a total of 47,000 of Uruguay’s students in full-time primary schools.  The project aims to improve the quality, equity, and ...

about 1 month ago