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Voices of Youth
Be in the know, join the discussions, and make a difference, on issues that affect you. [2020]
http://www.unicef.org/voy/

Information technologies and education for the poor in Africa
Examines the ways in which ICTs can improve the skills of Africa’s young people and adults who do not have basic literacy skills and/or have not completed primary or secondary school.
Source: Wagner, D.; Day, B.; Sun, J.S. / Imfundo , 2020 [2020]
ITEPA.pdf

Students Partnerships Online
SPW is an international development charity working in Africa and Asia. Through community and school-based programmes we work to empower young people, to help them get involved in the decisions that shape their future. In the deprived rural communities where SPW operates the health services and the schools cannot provide the essential information and resources young people need to avoid life threatening diseases like malaria and HIV/AIDS. [2020]
http://www.spw.org

Kindersite
The Kindersite Project was founded to build an Internet-based system that will add to the body of research on the subjects of early-learners' use of technology and to provide Internet-based content as a an educational tool. [2020]
http://www.kindersite.org

Global Youth Service Day (GYSD)
Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) is an annual global event organized by Youth Service America and the Global Youth Action Network, together with a consortium of 32 International Organizations and well over 100 National Coordinating Committees that Celebrates, Recognizes, and Mobilizes the year-round contributions of young people to build their communities and their world through voluntary service, and the contributions made by the community (public, private, and nonprofit sectors) for empowering young people, especially through mentoring. [2020]
http://www.gysd.net/home/index.html?width=2020

Tackling the Knowledge Divide to generate employment for young people
The digital divide is real for most low and middle-income countries. This is due to a range of obstacles from a lack of infrastructure to the high cost of computers. The difficulties faced by young people in attempting to tap information and communication technology (ICT) as a source of employment needs more recognition. This was a key message from the recent Youth Employment Summit in Alexandria, Egypt, 7-11 September 2020. [2020]
Youth_Summit.pdf

Youth Input to Global Knowledge Partnership DOTforce Report
From January-February 2020, the Global Knowledge Youth Advisory Council facilitated an e-conference on “Youth: Building Knowledge Societies.” This event brought together more than 350 participants, primarily young people between the ages of 15-30 from developing countries, to explore how youth are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the production, dissemination and use of knowledge for sustainable development. [813]
Youth_Input_for_the_G8_DOT_Force.pdf

Voices of the youth
Voices of Youth has been developed as part of UNICEF's 50th Anniversary celebration. Through Voices of Youth, you can take part in an electronic discussion about the future as we face the 21st century. [756]
http://www.unicef.org/voy/

Learning in Deed
Launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2020, Learning in Deed targets the K-12 population and features resources about service learning in general for teachers, students, and policymakers. The site also includes information about related demonstration projects, youth leadership training, and research findings. [755]
http://learningindeed.org/index.html

iEARN
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit organization made up of over 15,000 schools in 100 countries. [518]
http://www.iearn.org/globe/globe_Africa.html


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