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Schools Resume Classes in Colon and Capira, Panama

When schools were re-opened in the districts of Colon and Capira in Panama on Thursday, November 28, the Ministry of Education, MEDUCA, announced that children will resume classes with or without school uniforms. The Ministry a...
by Mantra Roy
 
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How to Help the “Ni-Ni Generation” of Latin American and Caribbean Youth

According to a recent joint report presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),  young people between the ages of 15 and 29 account for 26% of...
by Lauren Riggs
 
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In Guatemala, Violent Student Protests Rock Local Schools

In Guatemala City, protesting students have taken over their schools for the past several weeks. Outside Aplicacion Belem Normal School, students could be seen protesting and confronting the riot police. The protest started mor...
by Sera Yoo
 
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The Sustainable Development Generation: Rio+20 Conference Calls Youth to Action Worldwide

Despite some sense of disillusionment amongst global media outlets regarding the difficulty of implementing tangible results from the recent United Nations Conference On Sustainable Development in Brazil (Rio+20), stakeholders...
by Lauren Riggs
 
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Read This! More Books Needed in Africa and Costa Rica

Books For Africa, a non-profit that donates used books from libraries, schools, and the community is asking for help in raising $9,800 USD in donations to ship books. Since 1988, 46 countries have benefited from the shipping of...
by Amanda Bragg
 
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Campaign for “Love and Freedom” Changes Lives in Nicaragua

Surrounded by their audience in a spacious room, a dozen young people dressed in black perform flash theater: a boy hands a bouquet of flowers to a girl; two girls embrace while a boy looks on in disgust; a girl hands a condom ...
by Sara Van Note
 
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Teachers Strike in El Salvador to Protest Pay

Nearly 800,000 students were affected by a two-day nationwide teacher strike in El Salvador.  Members of several national unions carried out a work stoppage in protest of teacher pay. One union abstained from striking, citing ...
by Sara Van Note
 
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Finding their Voices, Sharing their Wisdom: Kids Create Change In Nicaragua

This is the third of three posts about an organization in northern Nicaragua, CESESMA, and their model of youth empowerment, as well as their innovative new project on sex and sexuality.  Part I is here, and Part II is here. N...
by Sara Van Note
 
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Kids’ Survey on Sexuality Creates Change in Nicaragua

In my last post I wrote about an organization in northern Nicaragua, CESESMA, that uses a framework of human rights to address the needs of children and adolescents.  I described their use of consultorias, or investigative con...
by Sara Van Note
 
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