Los refugiados también existen en las Américas
Francesca Fontanini Oficial regional de información pública de ACNUR Américas fontanin@unhcr.org . Cuando hablamos de los refugiados y desplazados que hay en el mundo, 43 millones, la primera imagen que viene a nuestra mente es un campamento en África. Pero no tenemos que olvidar que, de esta cifra, hay más de 400,000 personas refugiadas con […]
Global Education Magazine: International Day of Democracy (September 15th, 2013)
Download the magazine here Cultural Democracy is a dynamic process which works to create awareness and responsibility with people in the free world. Considering the challenges of globalization, this edition of Global Education Magazine intends to reflect on the supranational level actions that promote political unity and equal rights, respecting all diversity and minorities. Karibu! The word democracy comes […]
La tecnología de consumo vs Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio: ¿De qué está hecho tú móvil?
Olga Moreno Fernández Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide ommorfer@upo.es . Clara Beatriz Pascual Hernández Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social, Universidad Pablo de Olavide clarapascual@capitannadie.com . Resumen: Acercar los Objetivos de Milenio a las aulas universitarias es un proyecto promovido desde la Universidad Internacional Menéndez y Pelayo y el Centro de Cooperación […]
Administrative challenges and IDPs in Odisha: experience from Subernarekha irrigation project, India
Madhulika Sahoo Senior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India, Nagpur and former Refugee studies graduate of University of East London madhulika.sahoo@hotmail.co.uk . The morning was quite, birds were chirping on the trees Sun was bright, stream water trying to break the paths to hose the dry roots Women getting ready to go for the daily […]
Building Resilience Through the Child-to-Child Approach
Celine Woznica Director of Child-to-Child/Americas, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health e-mail: nanamericas@gmail.com web: www.child-to-child.org . Abstract: Resilience in children is the ability to recover from traumatic experiences and develop the skills to overcome future challenges. In dealing with adversities, children draw from personal strengths often divided into external (I have), internal (I am), […]
‘Post-2015 Development Agenda’: Invest in Refugee Education to Expand Human Capacity
David Dickson Executive Director-Kenya at International Council for Education ddicksonsolidarityhouse@gmail.com . An analysis of the Programme of Action of the 1994 United Nations International Conference on Population and Development and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) leads one to conclude that it is difficult to assess the […]
Words Are Beautiful When They Bring Children Together
Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . français . Dear Editor, I have been reflecting on the simple values of life often forgotten and the importance of learning a foreign language. My small bilingual book series “The Adventures of Enzo” are written for young children to learn new […]
Les mots sont beaux quand ils peuvent unir les enfants
Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . English version . Cher Éditeur, J’ai voulu mener une réflexion profonde sur l’avenir de nos ‘valeurs simples de la vie vite oubliées et l’importance de l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère’. Mes petites histoires bilingues «Les aventures d’Enzo» sont écrites pour les jeunes enfants […]
Brief on UDYAMA
Pradeep Mohapatra Secretary & Team Leader at UDYAMA (India) e-mail: udyama.pradeep@gmail.com website: http://www.udyama.org/ . Since last one and half decades, UDYAMA has demonstrated few evidence based initiatives working directly with community and engaging partner NGOs in coastal, tribal areas and carved out good learning on community resilience process. Learning–Linking- Livelihoods is the core areas of UDYAMA […]
Interview with “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed, 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
Resource: 2012 UNHCR/F.Juez Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, it is a big pleasure present Ms. “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed: a Somali humanitarian, educator and women´s rights advocate which won the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award. Ms. “Mama” Hawa is a big activist which solidarity showed us many valuable lessons in peacebuilding activism. السلام عليكم(Salaam Aleikum) Ms. “Mama” Hawa, thank you very much for accepting our invitation in […]
