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Watras, Joseph – History of Education, 2010
UNESCO formed the concept of fundamental education in hopes that the programme could end poverty, bring world peace and serve indigenous people. When UNESCO's first pilot project appeared to fail, the organisation developed centres where fundamental education workers learned to use such techniques as libraries, museum displays, films and radio,…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Pilot Projects, Cultural Traits, Peace
Engle, Patrice – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2008
In 2005, an estimated 48 million children aged 0-18 years--12 percent of all children in sub-Saharan Africa--were orphans, and that number is expected to rise to 53 million by 2010. One quarter of all orphans are orphaned because of AIDS, and about 2.6 million children are currently infected with HIV. Untreated, most children born with HIV will…
Descriptors: Evidence, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Young Children, Foreign Countries