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BRIDGES AND BASKETBALL


UMBRELLA FOR THE AFRICAN CHILD coming back to GHANA 2022
Last year, UMBRELLA FOR THE AFRICAN CHILD a Pan - Africanist Organization visited 2 Regions in Ghana and supported 7 schools in North...
Bridging Post
Jul 9, 20243 min read
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Teaching Future Marketers How to Use their Marketing Skills for Good
On St Lawrence College’s Kingston Campus, the Advertising and Marketing Communications (AMC) program took what they’d learned to the real...

Sierra Saikaley
Feb 24, 20202 min read
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Library books for Ghanaian students
Over 750 million of the world’s population cannot read and write. Out of that figure, 250 million have stepped into the classroom but are...

Emmanuel A Benedict
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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The Neglected Challenges of Rural Education in Ghana
Education has always proven to be a very important tool for development in any country. In Ghana, however, although the government has...

Emmanuel A Benedict
Nov 21, 20194 min read
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Success in international assistance: Working with local leaders
My name is Daniel Oduor Otieno. I work as a field representative for the CanAssist African Relief Trust, a Canadian Kingston-based...

Daniel Oduor Otieno
Nov 6, 20193 min read
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Unstoppable Tracy Schmitt in Nepal
I recall trekking in Nepal in 1991 like it was yesterday. The vivid memory comes after crossing the Modi Kola River on a dangerous...

Tracy Schmitt
May 2, 20193 min read
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"Out of the Ordinary Club"
There are a lot of different clubs in schools but let me explain our 'out of the ordinary club': the Humanitarian club. They are school...
Jacynthe Aubut
Jan 28, 20192 min read
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The Time I got Lost on a Bus in Kazakhstan
There I was, riding the circuit of the city without the slightest idea of how to find my destination, with hardly any street smarts in my...
Joanne Paterson
Dec 19, 20182 min read
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"You're Very Brave!": The Problems of and Potential for Study-Abroad Programs
Often when telling westerners where I was moving for work, I would get variations of the same reaction, all of which involved surprise....

Katherine Thompson
Sep 27, 20182 min read
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Bridges Must be Supported to be Safe
As of the 2016 census figure, Stats Canada confirms that 21.9% of Canadians are immigrants and this is expected to increase to over 30%...

pambarmstrong
Jul 24, 20182 min read
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The Heart of Education Across Cultures
I have had the privilege and honour of seeing 3 education systems for a short 6 years. I graduated from Teacher’s College from the...

Lisa Price
Jul 13, 20183 min read
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Striking at The Heart of Teacher Shortage Crisis in Sub Saharan Africa
The Population Reference Bureau estimates that Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), the world's poorest region, will more than double in population,...

Hakeem Subair
Jun 19, 20183 min read
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Bridges and Basketball
A bridge is a useful method of closing a gap. Basketball is a game played on a court with two nets and a ball. What do these two things...

Nancy Grew
Jun 4, 20183 min read
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