“In Kenya, grade 6 teachers scored only 61% on tests of grade 6 mathematics material.”
- EFA MR 2013/14
Global Issues Teams
When my kids were hungry, I couldn’t stand it; I did everything possible to feed them with a healthy snack. When they were hungry, they’d act out; they’d fight; they’d be disagreeable and downright obnoxious. All moms know what I’m talking about.
I’m sitting here today writing this article knowing full well that almost 820 million people, mostly children, went...
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A Busy Fall Season...
Update VI - December 2018
Amanda Lane, Executive Director
Collateral Repair Project
A Busy Fall Season...
Fall is always a busy time of the year at CRP. Between our Back to School drive and all the new activities starting up at the community center, it has been pretty non stop for all our staff. But we’re buoyed by the fact that this...
by Environment Team member, Rena Levin, AWC Oslo
2018 may be remembered as the year planet Earth cried for help loud enough for humans to begin to hear. Devastating forest fires in California, a deadly heatwave in Japan, drought in central and northern Europe, severe flooding in Kerala, India - environmental disasters were often on the news. Though no single extreme...
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Women’s Health: HIV/AIDS - Where do we stand?
By Blandina Steinhauslin, AILO Florence
HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. In 2017, 940,000 people died from HIV-related causes globally. There were approximately 36.9 million people living with HIV at the end of 2017, with 1.8 million people becoming newly...
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By Karen Boeker, AWC Denmark
Education is one of the most effective ways to break the cycle of discrimination and poverty that children with disabilities often face. But access to school for children with disabilities is often limited by a lack of understanding about their needs, a lack of trained teachers, classroom...
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by Arandeep Degun, AIWC Cologne
Tiny, mountainous and landlocked, Nepal lies between two giant countries, India and China. Nepal is known for its distinctive geography as “a land of diversity.” Few countries as small as Nepal have such incredible contrasts and complexities. The glamorous beauty of Nepal is exposed by its landscapes: dense swampy forests, lush green valleys, bleak...
