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KYRGYZSTAN: Youth Program Makes USAID “Nation’s Key Donor Institution.”
Television screens across the world flashed pictures on April 7th of the young faces of Kyrgyzstan’s displaced, angry and disenfranchised who came out of novostroika squatter settlements into Bishkek’s public squares. Within two weeks of these events, USAID’s Quality Learning Project launched the Youth AID for Education program. More than [...]
WEST BANK: First Female Municipal Manager Appointed
Suhad Awawdeh is an energetic young woman who is helping her culturally traditional community to change and grow. This twenty-six year-old computer engineer, wife and mother impressed Idna Mayor Jamal Tmaizi with her competence and poise while working as the community’s Municipal Computer Manager. When Mayor Tmaizi was searching for a new [...]
TURKMENISTAN: Teachers Introduced to Multimedia Learning Strategies
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov has championed education reforms, including extending compulsory education to ten years. In April, USAID’s Quality Learning Project helped support the country’s commitment to modernizing educational opportunities. The training session, led by administrators and specialists from [...]
KYRGYZSTAN: Children Thrive Under New Approach to Teaching
Kyrgyz children are being given the chance to take a hands on approach to learning and they like it. USAID-funded training that emphasizes “Quality Learning is the Basis for Essential Skills” is making a difference, Teachers are learning to establish objectives for their lesson plans and to measure the effectiveness of lessons by embracing [...]
JORDAN: Teachers’ Internships Aim to Help Students Find Jobs
Having raised literacy levels throughout the country to nearly 100 percent, Jordan is on track to meet its Millennium Development Goals, yet for the country’s leadership this is just the beginning of a long-term vision. High on the agenda of “next steps” is workforce development and the lowering the country’s youth unemployment rate which [...]
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Supporting at Home What We Do Abroad
Creative’s Stephen Horblitt (First Vice Chair of the Board of Directors) and Jessica Kruvant (Board Member) pictured with Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) President Maudine Cooper. Creative’s commitment to neighborhoods communities and regions is at the core of our mission. Creative is a longtime supporter of our community in the [...]
RABAT: USAID, Moroccan Government Launch New Education Project
Morocco’s Education Secretary, Latifa El Abida, joined with representatives of the education sector and the U.S. Mission to launch USAID’s Moroccan ITQANE education project on April 29th. The event received broad coverage in Morocco’s media. Mrs. El Abida emphasized the Ministry’s and her own personal commitment to this new USAID project. [...]