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September 20th, 2011

BlogTV: Books and words on the street

Giving children from disadvantaged backgrounds access to knowledge and imagination: this is the aim of the Atelier du 14 association.
Following the Street Library model created by the ATD Fourth World association, members of Atelier du 14 stroll through the streets bringing words to children.
No pressure, no competition, no discrimination; just sharing through the words, stories [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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August 2nd, 2011

Libraries for Moroccan schools

Building on its success at the Abderrahmane Addakhil school, the BMCI Foundation has committed to support 3 new schools in 2011. This time, it will adopt a new form of sponsorship: establishing class libraries… [...]

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Aida Kadiri

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July 20th, 2011

“Homework school” fills an educational gap

Thirty not-for-profit projects were selected during our recent call for applications, including the Ait-Zekri-Belgique association… [...]

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Saskiana Dotremont

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July 19th, 2011

BlogTV : Bamboo Schools, a shelter for education

Karuna-Shechen was founded by Matthieu Ricard in order to initiate humanitarian projects in Asia.
The projects of this association deal with Health & Social Services as well as Education, mainly in Tibet and Nepal.
Interview of Karuna-Shechen members to present us in detail the Bamboo Schools programme: building inexpensive bamboo schools to provide education to children living [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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July 11th, 2011

BlogTV: A meeting of two people dedicated to education

Since the 80s, fewer and fewer children are getting an elementary education in Madagascar. It’s a serious problem with a simple cause: for residents in rural areas, finding and paying for food takes precedent over getting an education.
This week, we meet with Isabelle Langlais and Christophe Dakotonirina, both deeply involved in the Mada Gasy Tsara [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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June 7th, 2011

Romainville middle school students study water management in Vietnam

Last April, students from the Gustave Courbet (Romainville) middle school explored Vietnam as part of an Odyssée Jeunes (Youth Odyssey) programme. Interview with Laurent Bertat, their history and geography teacher. [...]

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Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux

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May 31st, 2011

Destination: Santiago, Chile

Last April, 18 middle school students from Pierrefitte, France went on a school trip to Peñalolén, a town in the province of Santiago, Chile. The following is an interview with Céline Azoppardi, their teacher. [...]

“Mathletes” Turn Up in Record Numbers

More than 1,000 kids from the New York City area – a 20 percent increase over 2010 – turned out on May 14th to participate in the 6th annual AMS Pi5NY Math Tournament sponsored by BNP Paribas. The bank partnered up with the Urban Assembly School of Applied Math and Science, the New York Department [...]

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Scott Gerace

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May 20th, 2011

Math show on stage at the “Circolo sportivo”

Getting kids to like math is not always an easy task…and that’s why the Italian association Spettacoli di Matematica (“math performances”) exists. [...]

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