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Do
You Know
About
Us?
- World
Education
has more
than 500 employees
in 36 countries,
with
a focus
on Africa,
Asia,
and the
United
States.
- We were
founded
in 1951
by Welthy
Honsinger
Fisher,
an American
intellectual,
activist,
and feminist
born
in 1879.
- We are
headquartered
in Boston,
Massachusetts.
- Our many
partners
include
but are
not limited
to USAID, Dept.
of Labor, Dept.
of State,
the Gates
Foundation and IRC.
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The
special logo
at the top
of this newsletter
commemorates
World Education's
60th anniversary.
We
want to thank
you for helping
us to reach
this milestone.
As
you will
learn in
this issue,
we have grown
to more 500
people who
work in 36
countries
helping men,
women, and
children
achieve literacy
and forge
livelihoods
so that they
are better
able to feed
their families
and provide
them with
shelter and
safety.
I
have had
the pleasure
of leading
World Education
for 29 years
and I am
grateful
to have had
you with
us. Together,
I hope that
we will ensure
another successful
60 years.
Many
thanks,
Joel
Lamstein
President,
World Education,
Inc.
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West
Africa:
Where
Are
They
Now?
World
Education's
Ambassadors'
Girls'
Scholarship
Program
(AGSP)
has provided
more
than
169,000
scholarships
to girls
in West
Africa
who are
disadvantaged
or have
been
made
vulnerable
by the
HIV/AIDS
epidemic.
We tracked
down Adamsay,
one of
our scholars
from
Sierra
Leone,
to learn
about
her life
before
and after
AGSP. (Read
more)
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At
14, Adamsay was doing housework
instead of attending school.
Now 17, she is completing
secondary school.
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Thailand:
Schools
for
Refugees
Risk
Closure
200,000
displaced
Burmese refugees
live
in
camps
along
the
Thai/Burma
border.
World
Ed
supports
schools
for
refugee
children,
many
of
whom
were
born
in
the
camps
and
who
are
not
allowed
to
attend
Thai
schools.
Today,
refugee
schools
are
at
risk
of
closing
due
to
a
lack
of
funding. (Read
more)
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Ghana:
Text
Messages
For
Cocoa
Farmers
More
than
700,000
Ghanaian
farmers
and their
families
grow
cocoa
and texting
is a
key component
of their
success.
How does
texting
influence
cocoa
production?
World
Education,
the Hershey
Co.,
and the
Ghana
Cocoa Board
combine
informational
text
messages
with
community
training
to help
farmers
grow
quality
cocoa
and to
expand
educational
opportunities
for their
children. (Read
more)
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Zimbabwe:
From
Hardship
To
Hope
"I
came to school
without books
or stationery," says
Zanele. "It
was difficult
to learn.
Sometimes
we only had
one textbook
to share
with the
whole class." World
Education
helps vulnerable
children
in Zimbabwe
stay in school. (Read
more)
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