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Allen, Kenn; Habermann, Ulla; Chowdhury, Omar Faruque; Guerra, Iraida Manzanilla – Journal of Volunteer Administration, 1998
Includes "Introduction to International Perspectives" (Allen); "Volunteerism in the Welfare State: The Case of Denmark" (Habermann); "Grassroots Organizing in Bangladesh" (Chowdhury); and "Volunteerism in Latin America" (Guerra). (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Rural Development, Voluntary Agencies
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Barker, Vivienne; Watts, A. G.; Sharpe, Tricia; Edwards, Andrew – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2005
A programme designed to develop the capacity of voluntary agencies and community groups to deliver information, advice and guidance (IAG) on learning and work to their clients and members is outlined. Four forms of capacity building are distinguished: internal IAG capacity building, based on developing IAG resources within the agency or group…
Descriptors: Voluntary Agencies, Career Guidance, Community Programs, Program Descriptions
El-Kasaby, Ahmed Monir – Training Progr, 1969
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Home Economics, Prevocational Education, Program Descriptions
Stambler, Moses, Ed. – 1975
The document contains information on adult education in India, consisting mainly of a collection of previously published articles from professional journals and other related communications focusing on: input factors, nonformal education, voluntary organizations, literacy, community development, urban education, worker education, Satellite…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Anthologies, Communications Satellites
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
This booklet provides an overview of some projects and initiatives funded by the National Literacy Program in Canada in 1989-90. Many have been supported as well by the provinces and territories, community organizations, business, or labor organizations. The booklet also contains a sample of the activities of other federal departments and agencies…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Potential, Federal Programs
Faris, Ron – 1975
The Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE) is examined during the three historic phases of prewar depression, wartime, and postwar recovery. Social movement groups of a rural and populist nature and traditional voluntary associations encompassing an urban and elitist point of view joined to form the CAAE in 1935, and their conflicting…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Change Agents, Educational History
Shinman, Sheila M. – 1994
Home-Start is an international organization in which volunteers offer regular support, friendship, and practical help to young families under stress in their own homes in order to prevent family crisis and breakdown. It is available to any family with at least one child under 5 years of age. This book presents a snapshot of the day-to-day…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Counseling
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Dybwad, Rosemary F., Ed. – 1977
The document presents an international directory of mental retardation resources. International organizations pertaining to the mentally retarded are listed and described, including those affiliated with the United Nations, intergovernmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, international coordinating agencies, and regional nongovernmental…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Employment, Financial Support
Organization for Cooperation in Overseas Development, (St. Lucia). – 1992
This manual for volunteer teachers from Canada traveling to the West Indies to assist host governments with improving their teachers' skills describes the organization sponsoring the teachers, the nature of the volunteers' duties, and practical aspects of the stay abroad. Two opening sections describe the Organization for Cooperation in Overseas…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement
Pinkau, Irene – 1978
Part of a larger study evaluating both domestic and foreign development services, this compendium contains factual data on both voluntary and obligatory services obtained during field surveys. The 30 individual programs are described under the following categories: training and employment schemes (national youth service types) for uneducated…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Budgets, Change Agents, Citizen Participation
Godin, Joanne – 1991
Seven voluntary organizations in Canada looked at the literacy needs of the people who used their services. The Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation began an 18-month pilot project focusing on "Literacy in the Information Age." It sponsored literacy exchanges in neighborhoods across Canada. The Canadian Child Welfare…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Child Welfare
Woodward, Tessa, Ed. – The Teacher Trainer, 1989
This document consists of the three 1989 issues of "The Teacher Trainer," a journal for language teacher educators. The following articles appear in these issues: "From a Garage to a Teachers' Centre"; "Taking Risks--Being Unprepared?"; "Teacher Echoing and More"; "Teaching Lemon as a Foreign Language:…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Class Size, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques