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Showing posts with label refugees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label refugees. Show all posts
Thursday, April 05, 2018
Monday, September 04, 2017
Aylan Kurdi Death: 2 Years Later, Mediterranean Is Still Deadly
NBC News, Aylan Kurdi Death: 2 Years Later, Mediterranean Is Still Deadly " Two years since a photo of lifeless Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi lying face down on a Turkish beach captured the world's attention, the migration crisis has shifted to the other side of the Mediterranean Sea."
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refugees
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Tablets
mashable, How tablets are transforming the lives of young refugees in sub-Saharan Africa
"The Vodafone Foundation announced its Instant Schools for Africa
program on Wednesday—an initiative providing free, unlimited access to
online educational materials for young people and teachers. Developed
with Learning Equality, a leading nonprofit provider of open-source
educational technology, the program launched in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Tanzania."
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refugees,
sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday, February 04, 2016
Natakallam
Quartz, Syrian refugees are offering Arabic lessons to students abroad through Skype "To get started, you fill out a simple questionnaire on Natakallam’s website, then specify your availability in a shared spreadsheet. Classes can be bought singly or in bundles. A Natakallam administrator looks over each prospective student’s level, goals, general interests and preferred schedule, and matches him or her with a conversation partner." This is a great idea. See natakallam.com
Friday, January 07, 2011
Refugees United
Wired UK 02.11 print edition has an interesting article on Refugees United. I don't think the article is online yet.
See Refugees United for more info. and associated links.
See Refugees United for more info. and associated links.
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Cell phones,
Facebook,
refugees,
SMS,
social networking
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