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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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Raffaella Violentano

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May 17th, 2011

Interview with Karima Rais: Volunteering for the ISSIL Association

The association was established 15 years ago, with the aim of setting up a project in Southern Morocco to irrigate the farmland in the village of Aguelz and the surrounding area. The association got its name from the region of ISSIL in which it helped to build a reservoir designed to store spring water. [...]

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Sophie Bonnaud-Le Roux

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May 9th, 2011

BlogTV: A weekend study session with Proxité

On this week’s BlogTV, head out for a study-intensive weekend with the Proxité association!
Once a year, this organisation, which aims to close the gap between young people from working class neighbourhoods and the professional world, organises a weekend of review in the Yvelines region, not far from Paris.
Young people get involved with Proxité when they [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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April 11th, 2011

BlogTV: Education and support for the intellectually disabled

How can support be given to families with an intellectually handicapped child? In the region of Sarreguemines, France a few years ago, a number of these families realized the best way to help themselves was to reach out to one another. They banded together to find common solutions.
Their solidarity took the form of the organization [...]

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Isabelle Palsky

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March 4th, 2011

Theatrical performances teach kids the basics of banking

Being smart with money is something that can be taught. That’s why Bank of the West, a subsidiary of BNP Paribas in the United States, recently helped more than 5,000 students in several Great Plains and Midwest communities to understand the importance of personal economic health through its sponsorship of a unique financial literacy program, [...]

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