
World Education
The World Education Batonga Girls' Education Program has been featured in the launch of America.gov,
an "interactive portal to meet the people, see the places, and explore
the values and ideas that define the character of the United States."
Source: www.america.gov
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer responds to questions on girls’ education submitted by America.gov’s Facebook fans.

World Education Childrens First Launches a radio program in Zimbabwe to highlight the rights and protection of children.
Source: www.radiovop.com

World Education Fighting child labor with education in Nepal through our new project, Naya Bato Naya Paila (New Path, New Steps)
Source: worlded.org
World Education provides training and technical assistance in literacy, workplace, health, and HIV and AIDS education around the world.

Source: www.healthliteracyinstitute.net
The Health Literacy Institute established in 1992. This year's trainers are Sue Stableford, MPH, MSB,; Audrey Riffenburgh, MA; Wendy Mettger, MA; nationally recognized health literacy experts. The 2005 Summer Institute will be held this year in Portland, Maine. ...

World Education Our annual dinner is tonight! We're honoring Dr. Khunying Kasama Varavarn na Ayudhya for her work bringing educational change to a part of the world where change is a constant.

Source: www.globalhandwashingday.org
Global Handwashing Day will be the centerpiece of a week of activities that will mobilize millions of people in more than 20 countries across five continents to wash their hands with soap.

Source: www.healthliteracymonth.org
On a recent trip to South Africa, Helen Osborne had the privilege of meetingwith a group of community health workers. In this Health Literacy Out Loud podcast youcan hear them singhealth songsthey wrote in English, Zulu, and Sepedi.

Source: www.healthliteracymonth.org
When I was in elementary school, my friend Rachel’s mother died from cancer. Rachel and I were best friends and played together all of the time. When her mother was diagnosed, I was about six years old and I had no clue what cancer was. ...

Source: healthliteracy.worlded.org
An annotated bibliography of print and Web-based health materials for use with limited-literacy adults.

Source: www.healthliteracymonth.org
October is Health Literacy Month. Thisa time fororganizations and individualsworldwide to promote the importance of understandable health information. Thisis the11th year ...

World Education Voting ends 10/8!
Source: www.project10tothe100.com
Project 10 to the 100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

Source: newsblaze.com
Bhuvaneshwari Satyal feels that the fates themselves had ordained that she would work with children. She was the eldest of nine siblings, and did not want to marry until she had completed her education.

Source: www.healthliteracyoutloud.com
Carol Levine works at the United Hospital Fund in New York City. There, she directs the Families and Health Care Project which focuses on developingpartnerships between health care professionals and family caregivers, especially during transitions in health care settings. ...

Source: ow.ly
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World Education
"...Kelly’s community development efforts bring together entire communities
to work together and develop community structures of support for their
local schools, child protection systems, and community support for
families in need..."
Read the rest of the comment from our Asia Division on Nicholas Kristof's half the sky blog, then add your own!
Source: kristof.blogs.nytimes.com
I'm delighted to announce a contest for readers with an interest in global poverty.






























