Social Documentary Photography and Film
Posted in Guest Post on Jan 28th, 2011
Through my Bridges to Understanding program I have enjoyed teaching digital story telling to students in different countries. I wanted to give them an opportunity to share stories of the issues they faced in their communities. So I was excited when I heard of the work that Anne Medley did in the Congo. The following [...]
Posted in Tibet on Jan 13th, 2011
As a follow up to my November post. Nine year old Yeshi studying math at boarding school for nomadic children near Dawu in Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. In 2007 China made an unprecedented commitment to education by mandating that all children attend school through grade 9. Rural children can now have their compulsory [...]
Posted in Tibet on Nov 11th, 2010
Last month thousands of Tibetan students took to the streets to protest the Chinese Government’s decision to make all elementary and high school education in the official Chinese language, Mandarin. China has recently mandated that all children go through grade 9 and has plans to increase it to grade 12 soon. If Tibetan Nomads fail [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Jan 7th, 2010
Hadia, age 11 Out-of-School Girls Program, Kabul, Afghanistan By 2000, UNICEF reported that only 4 to 5% of Afghan children were being educated at the primary school level. Fewer still had access to secondary and university-level education. According to the World Bank, “Since 2002, more than 6 million students and teachers have returned to school.” The [...]
Posted in Take Action on Dec 9th, 2009
The number of study abroad programs is growing rapidly each year. According to The Institute of International Education there is a growing trend to develop study abroad programs that are customized to students’ needs. Some things I have learned you should consider when looking for your ideal program are: Community based Issues–Are the issues (i.e. [...]
Posted in Stirring The Fire on Oct 8th, 2009
There are many who believe that the greatest handicap to development in Muslim Middle Eastern societies is the status and roles they give to women. Nowhere has this been more evident than in one of the poorest and dysfunctional countries in the world—Afghanistan. During the reign of the Taliban essentially all women working outside the [...]