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Generation Rwanda: Two Stories

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The site was established in 2004 on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in partnership with the Rwanda Government, Kigali City Council, and Aegis Trust, a charity in the UK dedicated to the prediction, prevention, and ultimately elimination of genocide. You can find her story on the Generation Rwanda site).

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Akilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop

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After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional Networking workshop for second year students at the Akilah Institute for Women. I got an opportunity to do a workshop with second year students during their IT class. Everyone was using Facebook.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

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Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. How does turning wired students into digital citizens fit with your organization’s existing mission? Is it about keeping students safe? Photo by WhiteAfrican. There’s no going back now.

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Win a Trip to Report for the NYT with Nicholas Kristof

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It's this belief that prompted Kristof to create his Win-a-Trip contest for graduate and undergraduate students at American universities. Past winners traveled to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, and Congo. The student reporter will blog and vlog for nytimes.com. on his blog, On the Ground.

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Paul Rusesabagina & Bloggers for Darfur

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Yesterday I went to see Paul Rusesabagina speak, the man who inspired the movie, Hotel Rwanda. darfur genocide rwanda bloggers He was promoting his memoir, An Ordinary Man.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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As a result, the UN is making the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda. According to the Students for Free Tibet International 's blog, the Chinese government arrested a Chinese activist, Yang Chunlin, who had collected 10,000 signatures for a petition entitled, “We want human rights, not the Olympics.”

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I Hope My Kids Organize Their Own Online Fundraiser When They Are Teenagers

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Spencer Brodsky is 17 and he is spending his time online to raise money to bring Green Stoves to Rwanda , something he's been doing for the past 2 years. . about a class project where students made cards for some elderly residents of a group home. Spencer Brodsky.

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