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Setting the Pace for a Healthy Planet

Taking steps today toward a healthy planet. Let’s set the pace.  Today, on Earth Day, 1 billion people in more than 193 countries will participate in actions and events ... Taking steps today toward a healthy planet. Let’s set the pace.  Today, on Earth Day, 1 billio...

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World Water Day: Change the direction for women in Tuburus

Every step that a woman or girl takes walking for water is a step away from education and recreation and self-actualization. Today is World Water Day, and we are asking for yo... Every step that a woman or girl takes walking for water is a step away from education and recreation...

In The Field

Brighter Futures in Bosawas

The solar pumping water system in Pamkawas was destroyed by Hurricanes in 2020. In February of this year, the carnage—crushed solar panels, broken piping, and a roofless struc... The solar pumping water system in Pamkawas was destroyed by Hurricanes in 2020. In February of this ...

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Repeat the Sounding Joy in Guatemala's Highlands

Rainwater collection systems and water storage tanks save time for women and girls in Guatemala. Maria Luisa Ramirez Vasquez shares that she has spent many summer months over ... Rainwater collection systems and water storage tanks save time for women and girls in Guatemala. Mar...

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Common Ground for Climate Change Education

We have been sharing our successes with tech education in the Global South for some time now – remote hotspots for education, digital libraries, classroom tablets. But in case... We have been sharing our successes with tech education in the Global South for some time now – remot...

In Canada, In The Field

Traditional Knowledge-Sharing Across Cultures

It was a whirlwind tour that ended less than three weeks ago – but the memories will last a lifetime! The FIT-funded knowledge sharing tour across Canada made an incredible im... It was a whirlwind tour that ended less than three weeks ago – but the memories will last a lifetime...

In Canada, Travel Stories

Time waits for no one. #AboutTime

As time passes, so do opportunities to educate children who are diverted away from classrooms if the infrastructure, the resources, and the teachers are not equipped to delive... As time passes, so do opportunities to educate children who are diverted away from classrooms if the...

In The Field

Knowledge sharing; Promoting innovation

Photo Credit: L’Art de Capter by Josiane Farand A very successful event was recently held by Change for Children (in cooperation with Nicaragua’s Ministry of Education a... Photo Credit: L’Art de Capter by Josiane Farand A very successful event was recently held by C...

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Teaching into Summertime

Five Alberta teachers who traded suburban classrooms for pickup truck commutes up hillsides to rural Guatemala schools have returned from two weeks of sharing space, sharing i... Five Alberta teachers who traded suburban classrooms for pickup truck commutes up hillsides to rural...

In The Field, Travel Stories

Mothers make it happen

Going the extra mile. Making the sacrifices. Shouldering the worry. Lifting the weak. Celebrating the successes. Providing the comfort. Making it happen. All of it. Moms. It&#... Going the extra mile. Making the sacrifices. Shouldering the worry. Lifting the weak. Celebrating th...

In The Field