Shock and sorrow at Al-Baraka Schools after terrorist attack in Somaliland

The schools were not affected but the Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin’s secretary died in the blast at the palace. He was a parent of one of the pupils at Al-Baraka Schools where the teachers take part in a long term MKFC Teacher Training education
–We were shocked when three cars hit he presidential palace, the [...]

Saving lives through music

Feliciano dos Santos, one of southern Africa’s leading musicians, is famous not only for his songs about issues such as love and sorrow. In fact, too many in his native Mozambique he is more popular for his catchy but educational songs about health and sanitation.
One of the best known songs translates to “Wash Your [...]

RESEARCH DISSERTATION CONFIRMS HIGH QUALITY IN LONG TERM ONLINE EDUCATION

KM Seija Jäminki reports positive outcomes from a four years online education at Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences in Lapland, Finland in her dissertation, the first of its kind in Finland

–Online learning is often regarded as an utterly independent and lonesome, knowledge focused activity but when it works at its best the cooperation between teachers [...]

Women and Climate Change

Climate change affects everyone – it is a truly global phenomenon – but its negative impacts are already more severely felt by people in developing countries, and especially those that are already the most vulnerable, for example through dependence on natural resources.
Climate change is likely to further reduce access to clean drinking water, negatively affect [...]

The annual report “The Swedes and the Internet 2008″ published today

The annual report “The Swedes and the Internet 2008″ published today concludes that 90% of the population from the age of sixteen and above, have access to the internet somewhere. Almost all children from nine and upwards are very familiar with the internet. Interesting is that  very small children know how [...]