Copenhagen,
November 2012
Network newsletter "Teach Global Citizenship" no.
2
To everyone who is engaged in
developing global citizenship directly through teaching or indirectly through
other kinds of activities.
Why,
in the 21st century, do a billion people still live in dire poverty? Why
haven't we been able to solve the problem of poverty in an age where the
technical possibilities are greater than ever before? And what to be done about
it? These questions are on the agenda in research, development projects,
schools as well as in conversations between concerned citizens. Here are
recommended links as inspirational input:
"Why Poverty?" is
the first ever global dialogue on poverty starting November 25, 2012. A woman
in my neighborhood in Copenhagen took the discussion from her kitchen table to
her place of work, the national Danish television "Danmarks Radio",
and the initiative has now developed into international cooperation resulting
in a cross-media event, online and on TV, using films to get people talking
about poverty.
More information &
subscription to newsletter: http://www.whypoverty.net/ Quote:
"We've commissioned award-winning film makers to make eight documentaries
about poverty, and new and emerging talents to make around 30 short films. The
films tackle big issues and pose difficult questions, but they're also moving,
subtle and thought-provoking stories.
They transmit around the world
in November 2012, on more than 70 national broadcasters reaching 500 million
people. They'll be accompanied by events designed to spark global and national
debates and an online conversation to get people asking “Why Poverty?
Our agenda: We're not a
campaigning organisation. We don't want money. We're not pushing for a single,
specific solution to global poverty. We do want people to think about the issue
and ask questions."
In
December, the project will be publishing facilitators packs designed to help
people use the films as teaching resources.
The question ‘What do we know
about what works in foreign aid?’ is in focus in
the Nordic research papers at http://recom.wider.unu.edu/home
The goal
is to deepen public awareness of the complicated nature of development
effectiveness (and among its constituents, aid effectiveness).
The
question, ‘What do we know about what
works in foreign aid to education?’ is in focus in a working paper at http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-075/_files/88227186977145045/default/wp2012-075.pdf
"iCOW a farmers best friend"!
An
inspiring example of how innovative thinking have resulted in new, engaging
& effective ways of small scale Kenyan farmers helping themselves using the
cellphone app "iCOW"! "What is it? iCow is the worlds first
mobile phone cow calendar" http://www.icow.co.ke/ & http://www.icow.co.ke/blog/item/22-mobile-tech-spreads-seeds-of-information-to-farmers.html
Yours Egon Hedegaard,
independent instructor and developer of education, eghedegaard@gmail.dk
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