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Posted on April 13, 2012 in
Blog tags: careers, nonprofits, organization
Blog tags: careers, nonprofits, organization
As spring arrives and graduation season approaches, I’m finding it hard to believe that it has been 17 years since I graduated from college. Thinking back, I realize how much my perspective...
Posted on April 9, 2012 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: allies, communities, Congress, Department of State, exchanges, House, public diplomacy
Blog tags: allies, communities, Congress, Department of State, exchanges, House, public diplomacy
I am pleased to share with you an excerpt from the written testimony I recently submitted to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs in support of...
Posted on April 6, 2012 in Basic Education Development, Civil Society Strengthening, Education, Gender, Youth
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On a recent visit to a village 120 kilometers east of Almaty, I witnessed first-hand how the BOTA Foundation is helping under-resourced children and youth of Kazakhstan.
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening
Blog tags: access to information, digital, libraries, Romania
Blog tags: access to information, digital, libraries, Romania
I was recently given the honor of being named Romania’s Digital Champion by Ms. Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the...
Last year, Karen Bovard, a teacher from Connecticut, traveled to Indonesia as a fellow of the TEA-ILEP U.S. Teacher Exchange Program. Upon returning, she created an advanced high school course...
Posted on March 20, 2012 in Center for Collaborative Technology, International Education, Education, Youth
Blog tags: exchange 2.0, international education, technology, technology for development
Blog tags: exchange 2.0, international education, technology, technology for development
Last month we discovered that our enthusiasm about exchange 2.0 was exceeded only by that of our international exchange students in Pakistan. A select group of forty students, all alumni of the...
Posted on March 9, 2012 in Conflict Resolution, Youth
Blog tags: Child Soldiers, Invisible Children, Kony, Kony 2012, Lord's Resistance Army
Blog tags: Child Soldiers, Invisible Children, Kony, Kony 2012, Lord's Resistance Army
Ricky Anywar, a former child soldier and a Community Solutions Program leader responds to the Kony 2012 video now circulating the web. He...
Posted on February 28, 2012 in Media Development
Blog tags: advertising, business, international media development, newspapers, private sector
Blog tags: advertising, business, international media development, newspapers, private sector
Liberia has witnessed robust growth in the media sector in recent years, but without a background in business, media managers are struggling to keep their enterprises in operation.
Posted on February 27, 2012 in Center for Collaborative Technology, Civil Society Strengthening, Conflict Resolution, Education, Gender, Media Development, Youth
Blog tags: corporate philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, education, media development, sponsors, technology, training
Blog tags: corporate philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, education, media development, sponsors, technology, training
As today is International Corporate Philanthropy Day, we salute private-sector partnerships that seek to make a better world. IREX's work is supported by a mix of funding from government agencies...
Posted on February 10, 2012 in Media Development
Blog tags: Al Jazeera, broadcasting, digital media, free expression, international media development, press freedom
Blog tags: Al Jazeera, broadcasting, digital media, free expression, international media development, press freedom
Attending the annual Arab Press Freedom Forum held last month in Tunis provided me with the opportunity to...
