Catégorie : Project, Partnership, good work

resources for parents and educators of kids in grades 4-12 – also in spanish

AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA disambiguation, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation’s capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation … (full text about).

Homepage;
Hot Topics; Researches, Reports; Newsletters; Webcasts; Media; Books, Authors;
For: Teachers, College, Classroom Strategies, Fun;
Address: AdLit.org, WETA, 2775 S. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22206, USA;
Contact.

Adolescent Literacy 101: By Rafael Heller, Ph.D. – Over the first few years of school, it is crucial for children to master the basics of reading, from sounding out letters and words to making sense of whole books. Continuer la lecture de « AdLit.org »

Launching Young Readers – teaching kids to read and helping tdhose who struggle – also in spanish

• Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.
• The Reading Rockets project is comprised of PBS television programs, available on videotape and DVD; online services, including the websites ReadingRockets.org and ColorinColorado.org; and professional development opportunities … (full text about).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Topics A-Z; Blogs; Newsletters; For: Parents, Teachers, Principals, Librarians, Schoolpsychologists,
FAQs; for classroom teachers; Reading 101; Who’s at risk; What else matters; Glossary; No Child Left Behind;
Address: Reading Rockets, WETA Public Television, 2775 S. Quincy St., Arlington, VA 22206, USA;
Contact.

ABCs of Teaching Reading: If reading came naturally, teaching reading would be a much easier job. Continuer la lecture de « Reading Rockets.org »

Committed to Awareness, Education, Activism, Empowerment

Feminist.com is a thriving online community fostering awareness, education and activism for women all across the world. We serve as the Internet’s definitive hub for resources and information dedicated to women’s equality, justice, wellness and safety. Like a « feminist Google, » Feminist.com facilitates connections between women and the many, varied organizations serving their needs and interests worldwide … (about /what and who 1/2).

Homepage;
Activism; Anti-Violence; Resources; Events; What’s new; (more) News; Newsletter; Ask Amy; Partner Links; Best of Feminist Web;
Contact.

About /what and who 2/2: … As a library, a promoter of activism, a networking engine, and an Internet « home » for women all over the world, Feminist.com advances women-friendly organizations, increases civic involvement, and promotes self-sufficiency, spiritual health and general wellness. Continuer la lecture de « Feminist.com »

of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – We have five core areas of expertise:

• Social and behavior change communication—we consistently find new, participatory ways to reach audiences with persuasive messages.
• Knowledge management—we make information easily accessible through efficient capture, organization, and delivery mechanisms.
• Training and capacity building—we seek to develop a cadre of public health professionals who are well-versed in strategic communication.
• Strategic advocacy—we use an evidence-based approach to deliver accurate information and achieve measurable results.
• Research and evaluation—our scientific, research-based approach guides the development, implementation and evaluation of all of our programs. (What we do).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Health, Behavior, Society; Resource Center; News; Staff; Careers; Get involved; Donate;
Address: CCP Headquarter, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA;
Contacts.

Who we are: OUR VISION: CCP envisions a world in which communication saves lives, improves health, and enhances well-being.  Continuer la lecture de « Center for Communication Programs CCP »

there is hope, there is a solution – also in Netherlands, in Russian and in Slovak.

• The Road Back program has been in use since 1999. Well over 30,000 people are now drug free after following these simple but powerful procedures.
• The Road Back Program is a non-profit 501(C)3 Public Charity. All donations are tax deductable in the United States and Canada. Our service and help is completely free.
• In 1999, our founder, Jim Harper began investigating antidepressants and the cause of their adverse reactions … (about us 1/2).

Homepage;
How to start; Physician Training; Reducing /Cold Turkey; Weight Loss; Newsletter; Testimonials; Glossary; References; FAQs;
Contact.

About us 2/2: … One common denominator was found with every adverse reaction caused by antidepressants as well as all other psychotropic medication.

Continuer la lecture de « The Road Back (from drugs) »

• The African Children’s Choir™ is made up of some of the neediest and most vulnerable children in their countries. Many have lost one or both parents to poverty or disease. The African Children’s Choir™ helps these children break away from the everyday cycle of poverty and hopelessness.
• Choir Selection: Before being selected to join the Choir, children, generally aged between 7 and 11 attend Music for Life camps … (full text Home 1/2 /Who we are).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Changing children, changing Africa; What we do; What’s new; Gallery;Music; Media; Your help; Jobs;
The African’s Children Choir on YouTube; Tour dates;
Address: African’s Children Choir, PO Box 130, Sutton, Surrey, SMI ITN,UK;
Contacts worldwide.

Home 2/2 /How we started: Ray Barnett: Inspired by the singing of one small boy, we formed the first African Children’s Choir™ — to show the world that Africa’s most vulnerable children have beauty, dignity and unlimited ability (sig).  Continuer la lecture de « African's Children Choir »

a one page website full of useful links – just go to the site and click of the link you find useful:

• Top Five Links: Employment Discrimination Lawyers, Workplace Violence, Violence Prevention Programs, Labor Law Attorneys, Bullying Prevention;
• Best Links: Discrimination Attorneys, Sexual Assault;
• Top Searches: Intimate Partner Violences, Race Discrimination;
• find something interesting with: Gender Discrimination, Gender Issues, Child Marriage, Population Reference Bureau, Sexual Harassment, Human Rights, Child Labor, Employment Discrimination;
• Most Popular Tags: Employment Discrimination Lawyers Labor Law Attorneys Bullying Prevention Discrimination Attorneys Workplace Violence Violence Prevention Programs;

… and nothing more … zero blabla, just many useful links on this page … …

For more than 2,000 years people in many different parts of the world have forced their fellow humans into slavery. Between about 1500 and 1900, Europeans forcibly uprooted millions of people from throughout West Africa and West Central Africa and shipped them across the Atlantic in conditions of great cruelty. To refer to the Africans who were enslaved only as ‘slaves’ strips them of their identity. They were, for instance, farmers, merchants, priests, soldiers, goldsmiths and musicians. They were husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They could be Yoruba, Igbo, Akan or Kongolese … (full text History of the slave trade). Continuer la lecture de « International Slavery Museum, Liverpool »

An International Medical Center for the Treatment of Chronic Health Problems in Adults and Children and a Special Program for Treating ADHD-ADD without Drugs – Update dec. 12, 2010: Linked with One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics.

• Dr. Block was compelled to go to medical school at the age of 39 to save her daughter after doctors made the child ill with inappropriate use of drugs for bladder infections.
• Today her daughter is a healthy adult as a result of her mother’s determination and devotion. Dr. Block was honored by the Ladies` Home Journal and The Lifetime Channel for helping her daughter in such an inspirational way … (about Dr. Block’s work 1/2).

Homepage – The Block center; Sitemap;
to find many Health Issues: see left column of each page;
Blog; Read; Learn; Facts;
Address: The Block Center, Dr. Mary Ann Block, Medical Director, 1750 Norwood Drive, Hurst, Texas 76054, USA;
Contact.

About Dr. Block’s work 2/2: … As Medical Director of The Block Center in the Dallas area, an international clinic for adults and children with chronic health problems, Dr. Block now offers other parents the same kind of health care she desperately needed for her own child.  Continuer la lecture de « Block Center (The) of Dr. Mary Ann Block »

Linked with African Studies Centre ASC, with Global Connections, and with Development Policy Review Network DPRN.

Connecting-Africa is a service that provides access to African research information and materials produced in the Netherlands and elsewhere.
The service provides:

• details of Africa experts (researchers, policymakers, development practitioners) affiliated to Dutch and Belgian organizations;
• details of Dutch and Belgian development-related organizations, universities and research institutes;
• titles of published research on Africa in the Netherlands and elswhere;
• digital resources on Africa (full-text of publications, images and sound) in about 55 institutional repositories … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Events to remember; Add your profile; Browse and search; Forum; Global Connections;
Address: Connecting Africa, c/o African Studies Centre, PO Box 9555, 2300 RB Leiden, The Netherlands;
Feedback and Contact.

About 2/2: … Connecting-Africa provides access to these digital resources by « harvesting » their descriptive metadata (records) using OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) and by filtering the metadata using its Post Harvest Analyzer.   Continuer la lecture de « Connecting Africa »

an initiative of Twaweza.org – badili kwa kiswahili – Linked with Twaweza.

What is Uwezo? Uwezo means ‘capability’ in Kiswahili. Uwezo is a four year initiative that aims to improve competencies in literacy and numeracy  among children aged 5-16 years old in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, using an innovative approach to social change that is citizen driven and accountable to the public … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Latest news; Blog; Uganda; Tanzania; Kenya; ASER; ASER’s key features; Twaweza;
Address: Uwezo, attn. Twaweza, 127 Mafinga Rd, Off Kinondoni Rd, PO Box 38342, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Uwezo’s approach will enable policy makers as well as ordinary citizens – that is parents, students, local communities and the public at large – to become aware of the actual levels of children’s literacy and numeracy. Continuer la lecture de « Uwezo »

Africa at the mercci of investors abroad – Bahrain firm signs key India agricultur deal- investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks … etc.

Linked with World Bank land grab report: Beyond smoke and mirrors, and with Jean Ziegler – Switzerland and its links.

This blog contains mainly news reports about the global rush to buy up or lease farmlands abroad as a strategy to secure basic food supplies or simply for profit. Its purpose is to serve as a resource for those monitoring or researching the issue, particularly social activists, non-government organisations and journalists … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Subscribe; Articles: see in the right column: categories, latest, featured, comments, Tag Cloud, Archive, Links, Menu for many languages;
Contact.

About 2/2: … The site is updated daily, with all posts entered according to their original publication date. If you want to track updates in real time, please subscribe to the RSS feed. If you prefer a weekly email, with the titles of all materials posted in the last week, subscribe to the email service.  Continuer la lecture de « Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab – farmlandgrab.org »

promoting security in the IGAD region

IGAD Capacity Building Program against Terrorism (ICPAT) was launched in 2006 to implement the decision of the Heads of State of IGAD member states meeting in Khartoum, Sudan in 2002 … (about /Overview 1/2).

Homepage;
Activities; News archive; Docs, articles; Gallery; Events;
Addresss: ICPAT, Alexander Pushkin Street, Pushkin Square, Kirkos Sub City, P.O. Box 11880, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
Contact.

About /Overview 2/2: … The Program aims at building national capacity to resist terrorism, and promoting regional security cooperation. The five main components of ICPAT are the following:  Continuer la lecture de « IGAD Capacity Building Programme Against Terrorism ICPAT »

Linked on our blogs with Hinckley Institute of Politics, with Uyghur American Association UAA, and with Hinckley forum discusses Turkish minority’s lack of rights in China.

… Watch Video with Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer, 21.03 min, give the keynote address to the Oslo Freedom Forum 2010 … at the Oslo Freedom Forum, speakers share diverse perspectives and expertise, from those individuals with first-hand experience in the fight for human rights to those offering insight based on academic research and political and non-profit leadership … (full text Welcome Page).

Speakers; Supporters; News; Videos; All Conference talks will be made available on our YouTube channel for Oslo Freedom Forum;
Contact online.

About: … The Oslo Freedom Forum 2010, which concluded on April 29 in Norway, featured dozens of speakers and participants from more than 40 countries:  Continuer la lecture de « Oslo Freedom Forum – a conference for human rights »

creating innovation momentum – a blog about the Future of Money Project

Linked with What story would you tell? with CSR in a season of economic downturn, with Emergence Collective, with new economic forum nef, with Assata Shakur Forums, and with New Economy Movement.

• Emergence Collective is a prototype of the future of open innovation collaboration. True innovation cannot be owned; it is the result of resonance with the spirit of the times (zeitgeist) and is fundamentally dependent on the collective intelligence manifested through distributed parallel research and development on a global level. For innovation to have a measurable and positive impact on global society it must be allowed to flourish throughout the information ecosystem as an unrestrained cultural meme. Emergence Collective invites daring individuals who want to join the bleeding edge of global innovation the chance to co-create aesthetic, technological and social momentum.
• Our first initiative, The Future of Money project, is currently underway. (Concept).

Homepage;
Contributors;
Contacts: see Twitter-links on Contributors.

The Future of Money Project /About: On October 25th 2010, Venessa will be presenting a keynote at the SIBOS conference in Amsterdam, the world’s premiere financial services event. We are taking this opportunity to share our perspective with some of the movers and shakers in the financial industry in the form of a 3-5 minute video to accompany Venessa’s presentation. We are calling this project The Future of Money.  Continuer la lecture de « Emergence Collective »