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EDUCATION & TRAINING
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TACKLING ILLITERACY & EXCLUSION
Alfabetização Solidária (Alfasol) - the Brazilian NGO ‘Solidarity in Literacy’ has the goal of reducing illiteracy and stimulating the offer of public education for youth and adults in Brazil. In 2003, it reached the significant number of 4 million students from 2,010 cities all across the country! [www.alfabetizacao.org.br] YXC
Assefa India – this organisation works to promote self-reliance for Indian villages and to give them the resources they need to look after their own development. This is an exemplary initiative that aims at local communities’ empowerment through education and training, following Gandhi’s lesson. Go and see what people can practically do in order to fight poorness! [www.assefaitalia.org/engver/enchisia.html] YXC
Barefoot College - an Indian college for poor people, to make them lead their life, improve their skills and develop their capacities in fields such as appropriate technology, rain water harvesting, solar energy, biochemical medicines, etc. A wonderful example of the positive impact technology can have even on very poor people! [www.barefootcollege.org] YXC
CityKids – its mission is to engage and develop diverse young people (ages 13 to 19) to positively impact their lives, their communities and the world, and to push them using their voices for positive change. Arts, music, theatre, and writing: the youth-driven workshops are a good example on what youngsters can do in order to take action and develop awareness and critical thinking! [www.citykids.com/main.html] YXC
Recyclart – this website could be defined as an artwork in itself. This is exactly the mood that characterises this Belgian no-profit association. The Recyclart project aimed at transforming the site of the Brussels train station Chapelle-Kapellekerk and its surroundings - which had developed into a neglected waste area - into a lively new quarter by means of cultural and socio-economic activities. [www.recyclart.be] YXC
Room to Read - a dynamic, results-oriented international organisation that establishes schools and libraries in Asia. Since its inception as a non-profit entity in 2000, the NGO has impacted the lives of over 400,000 children by building 100 schools, establishing over 1,000 libraries, publishing 23 new local language children’s books, shipping over 440,000 books, establishing over 45 computer and language labs and funding over 850 long-term scholarships. [www.roomtoread.org] YXC
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS) - is a Bangladeshi non-governmental voluntary organisation. SSS is trying to improve the quality and relevance of education with locally developed educational materials and ensure the schooling of underprivileged girl children by introducing mobile boat schools. Mobile Internet-Educational Units on Boats (MIEUB) are boats equipped with computer equipment. They have been successful in reaching target groups in the remotest parts of Bangladesh via river ways... [www.interconnection.org] YXC
Teaching & Projects Abroad – British organisation dedicated to recruiting young people from the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and South Africa to do voluntary work overseas. Each year, it sends more than 2,000 enthusiastic volunteers to 14 developing countries. Would you like to join the volunteer team? Go and check on the work camps’ list regularly updated, if there is any education project that might be interesting for you! [www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/] YXC
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