Every day we are exposed to viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi, but our immune system keeps us healthy by fighting most pathogens. A healthy immune system will not prevent all illnesses, but it will help reduce the severity and duration of symptoms when we are ill. People with healthy immune systems usually recover from a cold...
Anyone paying attention to world events knows the Taliban have reclaimed power in Afghanistan. While this is a difficult situation by a variety of measures, the crisis for women in general, and girls’ education in particular, cannot be understated. The Education...
The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation.
A minor of sex trafficking is someone subjected to “the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or...
Summer is behind us, and the regular rhythms of school and work are humming along as if there had never been a break (amazing how that works!) My AWC is planning more activities, and all are hopeful that the restrictive coronavirus regulations will continue to relax. Things seem normal, but when I look...
Since moving to Edinburgh eleven years ago I have been working for a travel company, but prior to working in this industry I had taught in the United States for sixteen years. While I enjoy working in a business that can create incredible memories of Scotland for people around the world, there are times...
The Health Team asked you what you do to “Use It or Lose It.”
“We all know that moving more is a great notion in health and fitness, and often that means taking the stairs. This is me on the 365-step staircase in our town, Pollensa, in Spain, getting my steps in. It also...
The Education Team is pleased to announce The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré as the sixth annual Summer Global Book Read, as part of the Global Issues Book Discussion Series. From the book jacket (Penguin Random House):
The remarkable, inspiring story of a teenage girl [Adunni] growing up in a rural Nigerian village who longs to get an education...
Our immune system is a complex network of tissues, cells and organs working to prevent and limit illness and infections. The two main parts of the immune system work together – the innate immune system, with which you are born, and the adaptive immune system, which you develop.
The innate immune system is the body’s first...
How much do you trade to defeat loneliness? – p. 163
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was a book that inspired passionate conversation when the Education Team decided to take an hour one Sunday to meet and discuss this interesting selection. Centered on the main character Kya, a virtual orphan who raised herself in the...
