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Postcard Booklet Celebrates Girls' Scholarship Program
When I Grow Up I Want to be a ________, features pictures and stories of girls from 12 countries who are able to stay in school through the Ambassadors' Girls' Scholarship Program.
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In this issue:
Transforming Young Men's Lives: World Education's Learning Farm in Bogor, Indonesia
World Education & ARLS: The Powerfuld Story of Partnership Addressing HIV & AIDS in Rural Senegal
The Change Agent Celebrates Ten Years of Teaching
Social Justice in Adult Education Classrooms in New England
Meet Sara and Nanaissa: How Education is Changing Girls' Lives in Northern Mali
"World Ed is My Way of Giving Back" Notes from Board Member Lee Goldberg
The Learning Farm in Indonesia:
Learning, Growing, and Learning to Grow
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Students take responsibility for tasks related to running the farm and learn new skills through hands-on training.
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With the help of World Education, former street kids in Indonesia are learning about organic farming and building skills that will enable them to have a productive future. Launched by World Education in 2005 with funds from a private donor, staff and advisors have developed a curriculum that teaches core skills such as math, literacy, computer technology, English, and life-skills, within the day-to-day context of communal living and organic farming. The young men produce organic vegetables for their own consumption, and sell the remaining produce and products to a consumer network of individuals, stores, offices, and schools. Read more
World Education & ARLS: The Powerful Story of Partnership Addressing HIV & AIDS in Rural Senegal
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ARLS' volunteers convey health messages through powerful theater and dance performances.
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The weekly market in Touba Toule, near Kaire, Senegal, is the center of social activity and is a magnet for thousands of people from more than 20 surrounding villages. The market sells produce and livestock, and is home to restaurants and bars where the mix of alcohol, the social atmosphere and general festivities can lead to unsafe sex. It is also frequented by women for whom commercial sex work is the only available option to generate income for themselves and their families. In doing so, these women put themselves at enormous risk for contracting and transmitting HIV. Read more
The Change Agent: Ten Years of Teaching Social Justice
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Teachers and adult learners across the nation have increased their knowledge about social issues through The Change Agent.
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For over ten years, World Education’s twice-yearly publication, The Change Agent, has offered adult educators and their students social justice-focused reading material that can be used in teaching reading, writing and math. In honor of The Change Agent’s first decade, World Education’s New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) has published Through the Lens of Social Justice: Using The Change Agent in Adult Education. Edited by Andy Nash, Professional Development Specialist at World Education, the book is a celebration of the publication’s efforts to prepare adults to be informed decision makers and participants in a democracy. Read more
Northern Mali : Scholarships Support Young Girls on their Path to a Brighter Future
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Sara enjoys all of her subjects, especially English and French, and was most inspired by the HIV & AIDS awareness training.
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Sara Walet Mohamed has plans for her future, a future that would not be possible without the support of the Northern Mali Girls' Secondary Scholarship Program. Sara's illiterate parents never went to school and she is the fifth child in a family of eight children, only two of whom have attended school. At the age of fourteen, when many girls are married, she feels incredibly lucky to be one of 650 Secondary School scholars. Many of the families in Northern Mali are nomadic and parents often attach little value to education, particularly for girls, who are needed at home to perform domestic chores and often marry at a young age. One of the biggest problems is the high drop out rate: only half of the girls remain in school beyond the first three years. Read More
"World Ed is My Way of Giving Back" Notes from Board Member Lee Goldberg
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Lee Goldberg,
Board of Trustees
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Lee Goldberg is a silver-haired baby boomer with an easy smile and a warm heart. A quiet man, Lee spends much of his time in a competitive business world where decisions and strategies are bottom-line driven, eclipsing the kind of inspiration and spirit he finds from his work with World Education. “The world in which I work on a daily basis is the for-profit world” says Lee. “I work with companies that are underperforming, and my work is sometimes harsh. The world in which World Education works is one where people are very dedicated and they love what they do, not for financial gain, but because they make a difference. Experiencing this different world has been very satisfying to me.” Read More
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Jill Harmsworth made a difference in the lives of many.
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World Education recently lost a well-loved member of our family, Jill Harmsworth, Vice President of the Africa Division. Jill joined World Education in 1987 and led World Education's programs throughout Africa. She had a special interest in promoting girls' and women's educational initiatives, a particular need in the region—and throughout the developing world. She worked closely with her African counterparts, helping to train partners in education as well as organizational management. Jill's legacy includes thousands of people whose lives were changed by her work and dedication.
Jill leaves her husband Steve Morrissey, daughters Kate and Amy, and brother, Peter, as well as her many friends and colleagues at World Education and our partner organizations in Boston and around the world. We will all miss her.
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