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Posted on August 3, 2012 - in Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Youth
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Youth learned entrepreneurial skills and earned profits by raising livestock and

Who knew poultry, pigs and potatoes were part of the peace process? They are, according to hundreds of young Rwandans still affected by genocide.

The youth recently had a chance to plan and...

Posted on July 30, 2012 - in Basic Education Development, Education, Youth
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Students learn to build a culture of peace in Colombia.

In a school where fighting, bullying, theft and absenteeism were the everyday norm, one teacher had the vision to help change the status quo. Guillermo Lopez Ossa knew he could empower the 650...

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Washington, DC – Today IREX received a new grant from the United States Institute of Peace, which will expand its peacebuilding activities in Kyrgyzstan. With this funding, IREX will train and...

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Students at Minnesota State University-Moorhead got an unexpected ‘Journey to Pakistan’ this past semester, thanks to a young Pakistani woman, Zahra, who found her public voice after coming to the...

A librarian assists a patron at a Bibliomist-supported library

As more and more librarians use ICT and internet in their daily work, their vision of their role shifts from traditional book-lending to community-centered knowledge management. This change is...

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Ricky Anywar and Brookings Fellow Anne Kumau

There is optimism in African development despite often-gloomy headlines. That was the central message delivered recently by a panel of African experts, donors and policymakers at “Beyond Kony 2012...

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IREX congratulates Ricky Richard Anywar, recipient of the 2012 IREX Founders’ Da

IREX congratulates Ricky Richard Anywar, recipient of the 2012 IREX Founders’ Day Award. Anywar is Founder and Executive Director of Friends of Orphans (...

IREX Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner, “Sustainable Development” by Arup Haldar

IREX is pleased to announce the winners of its Make a Better World Photo Contest. The contest received 2,400 submissions from over 120 countries in...

Even in this day and age, in a country as developed as Romania, misinformation about HIV/AIDS continues to exist in the rural areas. A group of Roma and non-Roma youth took it upon themselves to...