No Santa in India
All around the globe, the Christmas trees, lights and decorations are going up as December hits. Children are hinting for presents, shopping malls are decorated, Christmas carols are sung and in South Africa many children are getting new clothes: ‘Christmas clothes’. But unfortunately for many this...
In a pilot center in a small town in northeastern Brazil, Renata Arantes Villela is creating a caring and nurturing environment for the disabled. With strong links to the broader community in which it is based, the pilot center will serve as a model for the development of much-needed services for...
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Maria Amélia Leite helps indigenous groups to reclaim and value their cultural identity, to join together as a politically powerful indigenous movement, and to defend their rights to land and public services.
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“Killing somebody who ticks you off is normal.”
I came across this statement in a recent Op-Ed piece in The New York Times by Bob Herbert. How can this mentality be possible? Bob Herbert looked to Ashoka Fellow Gary Slutkin to learn more: “These violent behaviors are learned,” said Dr. Slutkin. “They are largely formed by modeling, the almost...
Giant Rats put Noses to Work on Africa's Land Mine Epidemic
Ashoka Fellow Bart Weetjens' organization, APOPO , trains HeroRats (giant pouched rats) to detect land mines in Africa. Bart is also employing their superb noses to detect tuberculosis. Bart and APOPO were just featured in CNN, and you can read the article here: Be sure check it out and see how you...
Ecole le Blé en Herbe
Pour l'École Le Blé en Herbe, il est essentiel de développer chez les enfants un esprit ouvert et réceptif ainsi que des qualités humaines telles que l'empathie, la coopération, la valorisation, l'apaisement des conflits, la tolérance et la patience. Ainsi, chaque enfant doit être capable de...
Cunningham Elementary School
Cunningham Elementary School is built on three pillars: sustainability, social and emotional learning, dual Spanish/English language. These three pillars are brought together through Cunningham’s unique implementation of the MicroSociety framework: an approach, in which students create their own...
E. L. Haynes Public Charter School
E.L. Haynes vision is to be a model of educational excellence where every student, regardless of race, socioeconomic status, and home language reaches high levels of academic achievement and is prepared to succeed at the college of his or her choice. E.L. Haynes provides our students with a...
Ephesus Elementary School
Ephesus Elementary School is committed to serving every child, every day, and in every way. In order to bridge the achievement gap, the school is dedicated to setting high standards for all students, providing them with the support they need to meet the high standards, ensuring that instruction is...
Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Elementary’s mission is to educate children in a safe, cooperative, and innovative environment while building long-term, collaborative relationships with families. Highlands believes in giving all children the opportunity to develop the social and collaboration skills that will allow them...