Hello Siobhan, Thanks for sharing this article about service-learning. We too feel that service has an important role in bridging divides. We are partnering with several other organizations to launch a program in August to create the first non-governmental and multi-lateral year-long service program in the field of education technology. We feel that there is significant expertise around the world and that year-long international volunteers can be a powerful way in which skills, knowledge and wisdom can be exchanged to help bridge the divide. We are committed to south-south exchanges and to the philosophy that there are unmet needs in every country, which can be met by skilled persons--regardless of where they live.
This program is the World Education Corps (http://www.worldeducationcorps.org) In this pilot year, the first 10 volunteers, all with experience in education technology, will depart for 10 days of orientation and training at Oxford University in August and then fly to their host countries for a year of service in ICT/education. The first exchanges will include someone from: Argentina going to Ghana Uganda going to the USA Pakistan going to Nigeria Lebanon going to China USA going to Jordan Ghana going to Uganda USA going to Argentina Tanzania going to Pakistan Uganda going to India Uzbekistan going to Tanzania The program will expand in subsequent years to include significantly more volunteers and countries. We hope that members of this list will share the WEC volunteer applications with qualified persons. The first year all placements are in education technology settings, but technology/health will be another focus in year 2. Regards, Ed Gragert _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
