President and CEO of World Learning Adam Weinberg is in Ethiopia this week visiting World Learning international development projects. His first stop was to the Furi Primary School in the capital, Addis Ababa. World Learning manages a USAID-funded project at the school that builds the capacity of teachers to identify and care for 100 orphaned [...]
Shifting priorities and stagnation in funding threaten to deter the progress made toward providing every child in the world with access to primary education by 2015, according to Carol Bellamy, board chair of Education for All – Fast Track Initiative. She spoke at World Learning October 19 in Washington as part of the organization’s participation [...]
University students from around the world are making their mark on the United States, literally. Students participating in World Learning’s inbound Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) are contributing to the Experience America project. This ongoing project combines a scavenger hunt, photojournalism and a short essay to engage students with the host campus and community. [...]
In June 2010, Emilie Ronald joined twelve other high school students in the EIL France and its Borders program. She also received a partial scholarship from Buffalo-Lille Association, which holds monthly meetings to discuss the relationship between Buffalo, NY and its sister city; Lille, France. Emilie was the key note speaker at the September 2010 [...]
Dara Carroll is an SIT Study Abroad Uganda alum and a 2010 Alice Rowan Swanson Fellow. Carroll will be a featured blogger from October – April, sharing stories from her project site in Bugembe, Uganda. Check back to follow Dara on her continued work in Uganda. As my departure date draws closer my mind is [...]
To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, Echoing Green helps their network of visionaries develop new solutions to society’s most difficult problems. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to solve deeply-rooted social, environmental, economic, and [...]
Written by Basil Mahfouz, SIT Study Abroad Switzerland: International Studies and Multilateral Diplomacy, Spring 2010 Studying abroad in Switzerland with SIT was the most interesting, challenging, and rewarding aspect of my academic career. The experience allowed me to learn in a different environment and helped me discover more about myself and recognize my passions, particularly the [...]
Washington, DC in January is not usually associated with farming and agriculture. But after a two week Policy Advocacy course with World Learning International Development Programs, SIT Graduate student Joshua Davis could think of nothing else. “During one of those class sessions, a light bulb just lit up,” Davis remembers. “Before you talk about anything, [...]
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