education
Free Women
In the face of many obstacles, we meet a courageous group of women who have organized to change their world.
Throughout India, women are forming 'self-help groups' (SHGs) to combat the many issues facing them. With the great help of Vani Chenguttuwan, we spoke at length with the SHG in Kalugumalai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, about their successes.
Many of these women's organizational successes came after intensive work with the DHAN Foundation and its Kalanjiam Community Banking program ('Wealth' in the Tamil language).
These organizations provided on-the-ground support for the women, micro-finance for small-business start-ups, and extensive education in crafts production and marketing - traditional skills enhanced by good business practices.
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Prerna Means Inspiration: Girls Refuse Forced Marriages to Gain an Education
Prerna Girls School is a part of the Study Hall School in Lucknow, India. It serves the largely impoverished girl children of the surrounding slums, by providing educations to 540 girls from kindergarten through 12th grade (as of June 2010). Founded by Dr. Urvashi Sahni, herself a dynamic force of nature, Prerna is one of those places that show a good future can become a reality.
The astounding success of the Prerna Girls School program is a lesson to many others working for education, women's empowerment and solving a host of issues identified in the Millennium Development Goals as critical: health, education, poverty eradication, literacy, population pressure, environmental degradation, to name a few.
Paolo Lugari: Founder of Las Gaviotas (en Español, with simultaneous English translation)
Paolo Lugari, the founder of Las Gaviotas in Colombia, describes the incredible energy of the human spirit, and some examples of how it has transformed Las Gaviotas into a world-famous example of sustainable living - in a harsh environment.
Launch Talks, Not Missiles
If you were the president, would you....
Produced by: bunker seyfert, 7/2/2008
Language: English
Run Time: 1 min. 15 sec.
Story Level 3 = 12+ years of age
Global Marshall Plan I: Meeting the Millennium Development Goals
James Bernard Quilligan, of the Center for Global Negotiations interviews Frithjof Finkbeiner of the Global Marshall Plan initiative, a stunning vision of how to meet the needs of all humanity globally - starting with the Millennium Development Goals.
We've Experienced Enough: Damon Roberts and South Philly
Too many homicides. Too many dropouts. Too much trash. These are all minimum, basic issues that good government must address. The Second Council District of Philadelphia in the USA has too many of all these, and that is why Damon Roberts is running for City Council.
He moved his entire family INTO one of the toughest parts of Philadelphia to make a difference for people. Find out what real leadership looks like. Find out why real leaders live in the district, care for their people, and speak out about the real issues.
Urban Gardening: Food, Education and Community with Kamau Ngom
Kamau Ngom tells of how their community garden was so exciting for children - a gem in the city of Wilmington, Delaware that happened because people believed that a garden was possible.
Now, it provides not only good food, but an organizing focus for the community, and a chance for kids to learn what really matters:
Learn for yourself, and never give up your dreams.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 1/7/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 1 min. 0 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
The Baby Crab has Pinched Pierre!
In the wetlands near the ocean, Pierre discovers so many baby animals, but one of them has pinched him!
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 1/7/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 0 min. 57 sec.
Story Level 1 = Intended for all children or adults
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