MKFC Stockholm College Teacher Training cooperation in Syria

Mr Fayez Chahrstan, MKFC, meeting Mor Eutathius Matta Roham, Bishop from Syria
At a meeting last Friday Mor Eutathius Matta Roham, Bishop of Hassakeh and Euforat in Syria, and Mr Fayez Chahrstan, MKFC Business Manager, signed a memorandum of understanding, concerning e-learning activities at Al-Amal Schools in Hassakeh, city in northeastern Syria.
The ambition is to introduce [...]

We are lacking 10.3 million teachers

eLearning helps achieving Education for All and raise the quality of education. MKFC Stockholm College funds Teacher Training in Somalia (13 teachers), Pakistan (13 teachers), Tanzania/Ghana (10 teachers) and are soon about to start in Burkina Faso, Palestine, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
Globally, 10.3 million teachers − 1.3 million teachers each year − need to be [...]

Women and climate change – new UNFPA report

Women bear the biggest burden of climate change, but despite this fact their role have been largely ignored in the debate so far. That was the conclusion of the State of the World Population 2009 report, released yesterday. “With the possibility of a climate catastrophe on the horizon, we cannot afford to relegate the world’s [...]

We congragulate Tamer Institute in Palestine for Astrid Lindgrens Award

The Tamer Institute For Community Education have been awarded the 2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
“With perseverance, audacity and resourcefulness, the Tamer Institute has, for two decades, stimulated Palestinian children’s and young adult’s love of reading and their creativity. Under difficult circumstances, the Institute carries out reading promotion of an unusual breadth and versatility. In the [...]

Back to school for children in Gaza

For hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza, returning to school is important not only for education purposes, but also a vital opportunity to interact, play, and rebuild routines. As more and more children are ready to go back to school, UNICEF is providing educational material, creating safe environments and helping to restore a sense [...]

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