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Orphan Graduate Program Provides Hope in Russia

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Europa/Rusia/Mayo 2016/Autor: RONNE ROCK/ Fuente: mnnonline.org

Resumen: Mientras que la atención gubernamental no es óptima para niños, Natasha Votyakova, de la ONG rusa Orphan Outreach, dice que le han dado siempre refugio, ropa y alimentos. Sin embargo cada 2.2 segundos existe un huérfano adulto a quien ayudar.

Every 2.2 seconds, another orphan ages out of care. In the Saint Petersburg region of Russia, one ministry is working diligently to help those orphan graduates learn about family, adulthood, and the love of God.

While government-based institutional care is not optimal for those children, Natasha Votyakova of Orphan Outreach’s Russian NGO says they’ve been provided shelter, clothing, and food. What few of them have been provided is an understanding of connection and the resources needed to successfully navigate adulthood. That’s why Orphan Outreach focuses its attention to orphan graduates.

Aging out in Russia is not necessarily dependent on an age, but rather on the educational level the child has achieved. Once a child had completed nine years of school, they are eligible for basic vocational training. Should the child decide to stay to receive additional education, they will “graduate” from the orphanage after 11th grade.

Natasha says it’s very difficult for orphans to survive in a world outside the four walls of the institution. “The statistics are not good at all. They say that, within the first five years after the graduation, 10% at least try to commit suicide.” And more than half of all orphan graduates will end up succumbing to drug abuse, alcoholism, prostitution, and organized crime.

Orphan Outreach’s ministry efforts begin before the orphan ages out. “We start at the orphanages so the kids can get to know us. In some places, we work with volunteer groups from local churches. And we also have mission trips that come and are able to minister to the kids while they’re still at the orphanage.

“Our goal, of course, is to change their lives, transform their lives, from the perspective of the love of God and giving them that hope. That the Heavenly Father is there for them, no matter how many abandonments they’ve experienced in their lives.”

The ministry team then talks to the orphan graduates about core values that will help them succeed in life. Local role models are also introduced to the children so they can talk to someone who has overcome the odds through faith and focus.

Russia provides free education at every level for orphans who have aged out, and provides accommodation for those who struggle educationally. But Natasha says even that can be too much for some of the children. And the benefits are only temporary.

“All the subsidies, or all the scholarships or pensions or whatever they were receiving from the government – at the age of 23, they don’t get anything anymore.” Many orphans will begin their journey at a vocational school, but most find they need additional education to survive. Benefits rarely provide for that education and for living expenses. Natasha remembers one young woman who had to face the choice between and education and survival. “We’ve been helping her with a part-time job and with expenses for her apartment.”

If the orphan has no home to return to, the government provides an apartment. Those children are more fortunate than the ones who have been left some sort of housing from family members. They receive no additional benefits from the state, and the living conditions are often less than livable. Updating those apartments is out of the question financially. “So we try to get them into other programs that will help improve their living conditions.”

Orphan Outreach’s Russian NGO also works to provide the orphan graduates with medical and dental assistance. Natasha continues, “Sometimes we literally are taking the orphans to the clinics to learn to make appointments with the doctors because they’ve never done it before.” Program directors teach the orphans how to pay bills and purchase food. “Just teach them whatever parents would teach regular kids in the family.”

The care for the orphan graduates goes beyond budgeting and basic life skills to relationships. Natasha says she and her team often help with counseling about love and family.

“We have very often that two orphans will marry and start a family, but they are so inexperienced with relationships that we’re trying to teach them how people interact in a family.”

Abuse might be the only thing the orphans have seen or experienced, so wives won’t think to share when they are being abused because they believe it to be common. And a high percentage of the girls, upon leaving the orphanage, will get pregnant. Natasha shares, “And when they choose to come to us, we help them through that pregnancy, whether they are married or not, we try to help them and persuade them not to leave the baby and to start caring for the baby.”

Breaking the cycle of orphanhood is a priority for the ministry. Natasha’s eyes fill with tears as she reflects on the struggle. “They’ve been raised in an institution, they have a baby, and after a while it’s too hard – so they think, ‘I’ll give up the baby because well, that’s what happened to me.’ But with the program in place, we see those moms learn to love their babies and care for their babies and want better for them. And that’s a gift to see that the Lord is working in their souls and in their hearts and in their minds.

“We provide whatever help is needed – whether it’s relationships, whether it’s financial, whatever is needed the most. Medical. Whatever it takes. They do need a lot of education in just very simple things that seem everyday life for most people – but for them it’s all strange, it’s all different, it’s all that they have never experienced before.”

Natasha says it’s beautiful to see the transformation in lives over time – the way the orphan graduates learn to study and take care of responsibilities and love their families well. “They’re caring, they’re loving, their children are growing well. It’s such a big reward.”

Prayer is the first step in caring for orphan graduates in Russia, according to Natasha.

“Please pray for them, that they will be given the knowledge that they are not alone in this world, that there are people who pray for them, that there’s always hope in the love of God – that He will be there. He will not abandon them.”

The Orphan Graduate Sponsorship program helps those orphans receive the care and resources they need. The way the sponsorship program helps is different for every graduate, based on their unique story.

Natasha loves the personalized focus. “Sometimes the money is used to remodel an apartment so the graduate can live there, or sometimes the money is used to repair teeth or pay for school books. Our goal is to provide wrap-around support for those kids.”

She also encourages people to visit Russia and spend time with the graduates. “They love it when mission teams come to visit. Just one visit from one person can change the life of a child. The orphan graduates will have photos of their new friends on their walls, and they pray for them.

“Everything matters in the lives of these kids. Every act of kindness and attention, of care and love.”

Fuente de la noticia: https://www.mnnonline.org/news/orphan-graduate-program-provides-hope-russia/

Fuente de la imagen: https://www.mnnonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_8955-300×200.jpg

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ODS Objetivo 4 / Meta 8: Construir y adecuar instalaciones educativas que consideren a las personas en situación de discapacidad y las diferencias de género

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Fuente OREALC UNESCO/ 14 de Mayo de 2016

Estrategias para lograrlo:

  • Proteger a las y los educandos, maestros y al personal en escuelas libres de violencia, y en zonas de conflicto armado.
  • Instituir políticas integrales, multifacéticas y cohesivas que consideren las cuestiones de género y de discapacidad
  • Distribuir equitativamente los recursos entre escuelas aventajadas y desaventajadas
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El proyecto educativo que iluminó el futuro de 200 víctimas de la guerra de Siria

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Siria/ 13 de Mayo de 2016/El Mundo

Eso debieron pensar desde la UNESCO cuando se dio luz verde a uno de los programas más loables del año, el Proyecto de Educación Informal para niños del campo de refugiados de Zaatari, en el norte de Jordania. Financiado por la UE, en colaboración con la organización War Child UK, la iniciativa trata de proporcionar un futuro mejor a los niños «vulnerables» de la ciudad jordana, mediante servicios educativos y de ayuda psicosocial. El proyecto, además, «dota a padres y tutores de las herramientas y estrategias para apoyar la educación de los niños y su bienestar en general» según palabras de la propia UNESCO.

‘Educatenimiento’ para combatir la barbarie

«Cuando llegué aquí por primera vez, creí que mi estancia sería provisional y que pronto estaríamos de vuelta en casa. Cuando ese plazo se alargó… reuní a los niños del vecindario y empecé a dar clases. Pensé que tenía que ayudarlos porque no estaban recibiendo enseñanza en ninguna otra parte. Quería impartir clases y, más aún, influir en la vida de los niños. Mis amigos me hablaron de una organización que se ocupaba de los niños en Zaatari y que atendía sobre todo a su bienestar psicosocial y su educación. Les pregunté, «¿dónde hay que firmar? Y comencé a colaborar con ellos». Estas declaraciones, extraídas de la página web de la UNESCO, constituyen el alegato de un héroe. Mahmoud, sirio de 27 años de edad, llegó al campamento como maestro voluntario y salió de él como un referente para los más de 200 niños que han pasado por sus clases.

Mediante una metodología que mezcla el juego con la enseñanza, el docente sirio ha edificado en el imaginario de estos niños un futuro ligado a la cultura y a la esperanza. «Creo en el ‘educatenimiento’, o sea, en la educación que es también entretenimiento. Me gusta que los niños participen y se emocionen, y me gusta hacerles reír durante la clase. Ese método les ayuda a centrar la atención y es una gran herramienta para lograr que la información se fije en sus mentes. Valoro los beneficios que se derivan de una relación personal con los estudiantes, de ser su mentor además de su maestro. Siempre trato de ser un buen modelo de conducta para ellos». Y a juzgar por los resultados y las caras de los chicos, esta simbiosis profesor-alumno que Mahmoud pretendía, sucedió con éxito.

Una vida de aprendizaje constante.

Euroinnova Business School

La vida es enseñar y aprender. Historias como la de Mahmoud así lo demuestran. Empresas como Euroinnova Business School promocionan la filosofía ‘Sapere aude’: «atrévete a saber, ten el valor de usar tu propia razón». Itinerarios como el curso auxiliar de enfermería, planificación familiar o el curso riesgos laborales resultan idóneos para transformar el porvenir, adaptarse al nuevo mercado de trabajo y salir de situaciones de precariedad. La empresa granadina de formación a distancia hace gala de un importante compromiso social, ofreciendo cursos para estudiantes y parados a precios irrisorios y acercando el conocimiento a todo el mundo, independientemente de su situación.

Fuente: http://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/2016/05/13/57359383e2704e347c8b466b.html

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Three ways higher education can respond to the Syrian refugee crisis

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Africa/Sudáfrica/Mayo 2016/Autor: Allan Goodman/ Fuente: brookings.edu

Resumen: La educación para los refugiados sirios me estaba preocupando, Allan dixit, al igual que muchos de los 800 asistentes de 80 países en el informe anual de la conferencia «Going Global» del Consejo Británico celebrado desde 3 al 5 de mayo  en Ciudad del Cabo, a pesar de que la respuesta a las crisis de refugiados no ha sido históricamente la responsabilidad de la educación superior.

Education for Syrian refugees was preoccupying me as well as many of the 800 attendees from 80 countries at the annual «Going Global» conference of the British Council held from May 3-5 in Cape Town, even though responding to refugee crises has historically not been the responsibility of the higher education sector. Indeed, the last time the world had so many refugees—World War II—most of those displaced were not even enrolled in, or planning attend, a university. The gross enrollment ratio for tertiary education in Europe at that time was probably less than 3 percent. And by 1952, almost all of the displaced person camps in Europe were closed.

By contrast, the challenges and needs we face today are unprecedented.

When the Syrian Civil War started, over a quarter of the country’s 18-24 year olds were already enrolled in tertiary education. We now estimate that around 150,000 university-qualified Syrians who were enrolled in university or on track to do so when war broke out are without access to schools. As a consequence, they are unable to complete their postsecondary education. In addition, there are as many as 2,000 Syrian university professionals among the refugees.

As the crisis multiplies, there is a real prospect of a lost generation. Each year, Syrians enter and graduate from secondary school with an expectation of higher education. Yet humanitarian relief organizations are so overwhelmed that less than 2 percent of funds raised today are being spent on education at any level.

Globally, how long individuals stay in a refugee camp has grown dramatically. The average stay now exceeds 17 years, or about a generation. Many camps emerged as a result of conflicts that have lasted longer than the years that most youth actually spend in school. These refugee camps are not known for building universities-in-exile. And the majority of the world’s displaced people do not even live in camps—3 out of 4 Syrian refugees are in urban areas and lack access to the higher education systems of their host countries.

But there are three ways the education community can help.

First, the more than 20,000 higher education institutions worldwide should each offer to take in at least one displaced student and rescue one scholar. This would make a dent in preventing a global lost generation, while also saving, in some cases, entire national academies. This is something many organizations already know how to do. For example, scholar rescue has been a priority at Institute of International Education (IIE) since our founding. Since establishing the Scholar Rescue Fund in 2002 our organization has assisted 643 scholars from 55 countries. This includes 85 scholars from Syria.

Second, there is an opportunity to channel and organize the compassion of the many people currently wanting to help. The global higher education community can ask for support from alumni and current students. With modern technology and digital advancements, many opportunities exist to provide assistance online—for example by advising students on how and where to apply for scholarships and educational opportunities.

Third, relief efforts should be combined and leveraged by creating a 21st Century «Nansen Office» for higher education in emergencies. Between 1931 and 1938, the world had an organization inspired by Nobel laureate Fridtjof Nansen that matched refugees from conflicts across Europe with employment and resettlement opportunities. It did so by issuing travel documents and asking each person to pay a fee to cover administrative costs, as well as making loans and grants. Additional funds were raised through private donations. Almost a million refugees received material, legal, and financial assistance through this office, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1938.

Today, many Syrian students could find mobility opportunities and placements in educational institutions through existing student visa programs. Others could be helped by expanding World University Service of Canada’s Student Refugee Program model to other countries. There are also broader international efforts, such as the Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund, funded by the government of Germany and administered by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which provides grants and scholarships so refugees can pursue higher education. Syrian scholars could take up visiting professorships through such organizations as the new Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, the United Kingdom’s Council for At-Risk Academics, and the global IIE Scholar Rescue Fund.

It is our urgent duty to help.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/education-plus-development/posts/2016/05/12-higher-education-syrian-refugee-crisis-goodman

Fuente de la imagen: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/images/s/su%20sz/syrian_refugees012/syrian_refugees012_16x9.jpg?w=230

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África: Leyes para proteger lactancia son inadecuadas

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 WatchPro/ Roque Najar on 13/05/2016

Los beneficios de la lactancia materna para los recién nacidos es un tema en el que vienen haciendo hincapié y difundiendo en los últimos años la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) y UNICEF a través de campañas, recomendaciones y reglamentaciones. Lo hicieron alineados parcialmente, dijeron, con el Código Internacional de Marketing de la Leche Materna y los Sustitutos, adoptada por la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud, leve incremento en comparación con 103 países en 2011.

Francesco Branca, director del Departamento de Nutrición para la Salud y Desarrollo de la OMS aseguró que «Resulta alentador ver que ha aumentado el número de países que han aprobado leyes para proteger y fomentar la lactancia materna, pero todavía hay muchos lugares donde se desborda a las madres con información publicitaria errónea». La OMS y Unicef recomiendan alimentar a los bebés sólo con leche materna durante sus primeros seis meses de vida, después de lo cual deben seguir recibiendo leche materna, además de alimentos adecuados hasta los dos años de edad o más. Sin embargo, sólo 39 países tienen leyes que ponen en vigor todas las disposiciones del Código -un ligero aumento de los 37 que había en 2011, añade la exploración presentada en conferencia de prensa. «Esto puede distorsionar las percepciones de los padres y socavar su confianza en la lactancia materna, provocando que muchos niños no reciban sus beneficios».

El mercado de substitutos de leche materna está en plena expansión, con ventas anuales mundiales de 45.000 millones de dólares, que se proyecta habrán aumentado hasta los 70.000 millones en 2019. El marketing ingenioso no debería estar permitido para esconder la verdad de que no existe sustituto que iguale a la leche de la madre, subrayó Unicef. Los Estados miembros se han comprometido a aumentar la tasa de lactancia materna exclusiva en los primeros seis meses de vida al menos a un 50 por ciento antes de 2025, como parte de un conjunto de objetivos en favor de la alimentación a escala mundial. «La industria de sucedáneos de la leche materna es fuerte y está creciendo y la batalla para incrementar el nivel de lactancia materna exclusiva en todo el mundo es ardua, pero es una batalla por la que vale la pena el esfuerzo», dijo el jefe de nutrición de Unicef, Werner Schultink.

Ese dato corrobora que la tasa de lactancia exclusiva materna hasta el primer medio año de vida no ha mejorado en décadas. Prohíbe toda forma de promoción de los sucedáneos, incluyendo la publicidad, regalos a los trabajadores de la salud y la distribución de muestras gratuitas. Aumentar las tasas de lactancia materna reduciría significativamente los costos a las familias y a los gobiernos en el tratamiento de enfermedades infantiles como la neumonía, la diarrea y el asma, destacó el estudio. Destacó que entre los puntos importantes se encuentran: iniciar la lactancia lo más pronto posible después del parto, de preferencia dentro de las dos primeras horas de vida del bebé; amamantar con succión efectiva cada que el pequeño lo solicite, mínimo 15 minutos por cada mama; colocar al recién nacido de forma que ambos, madre e hijo, estén cómodos, y así se logre una correcta adhesión al pecho y por lo tanto una buena trasferencia de leche. Es segura, limpia y contiene anticuerpos que ayudan a protegerles contra muchas enfermedades frecuentes en la infancia, remarcó el informe. Las mujeres que amamantan también corren un menor riesgo de sufrir cánceres de mama y ovario.

Fuente: Watch Pro http://actualidadwatchpro.com/2016/05/13/leyes-para-proteger-lactancia-son-inadecuadas/

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Intel expands horizon in education sector

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Asia/India/Mayo 2016/Autor: Karan Choudhury / Fuente: business-standard.com

Resumen: El gigante de la informática, Intel, anunció el viernes su última iniciativa para fortalecer el uso de la tecnología en el ecosistema de la educación. La compañía tiene planes de entrar en el sector de $ 40 mil millones.

Information technology giant Intel on Friday announced its latest initiative to strengthen the use of technology in the education ecosystem. The company has plans of getting into the $40-billion sector.

It said in its effort to contribute to the Digital India initiative, it is aiming to accelerate the penetration of technology in the education sector. At an event, ‘Education Solutions Technology Framework’ Conclave, jointly organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Intel highlighted its collaboration with leading device manufacturers, education digital content publishers and solution providers, to build end-to-end solutions.

As part of this collaboration, it has made available the Intel® Pentium® Processor A1020 to leading device manufacturing partners.

The processor delivers power savings and is optimal for devices designed for running education applications in semi-urban and rural India. The company said the initiative taps on the system of vendors to deliver one-stop solutions.

Intel is enabling the standard availability of devices, education content and solutions on the processor. Going forward, any educational institute looking to implement technology solutions will be able to deploy technology-based solutions in an efficient manner.

«Over the past decade, Intel and Intel® Foundation have invested more than $1 billion in 100 countries towards universal education programs. This initiative to create a comprehensive ecosystem is another such endeavour to establish an accessible digital infrastructure which enables affordable solutions,» Debjani Ghosh, vice-president (sales and marketing) and managing director, Intel South Asia, said.

In March, Intel entered into a partnership with digital education company Extramarks. The alliance offers optimised learning solutions based on Intel architecture (IA) to create and extend computing technologies for schools and students.

It is operating in 70 countries. «There are around 77 million students in private schools in India and we are definitely looking at those who would be acquiring devices in the next five years. We want to make sure they use Intel devices,» Sam Al-Schamma, director – education sector (Asia Pacific and Japan) Intel said.

Fuente de la noticia: http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/intel-expands-horizon-in-education-sector-116051400028_1.html

Fuente de la imagen: http://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/article/2015-08/06/full/1438846919-6493.jpg

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España: Fundación ONCE promueve la movilidad internacional de jóvenes con discapacidad

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España/13 de Mayo de 2016/Compromiso RSE

En total de 45 alumnos con discapacidad de España, Bélgica y Portugal conocerán de primera mano la experiencia universitaria y podrán disfrutar de una estancia de una semana en las universidades de Granada, Amberes o Lisboa. Será gracias al Programa Europeo Erasmus+, en un proyecto liderado por Fundación ONCE para promover el acceso a estudios de educación superior y la movilidad internacional de jóvenes con discapacidad.

La convocatoria de plazas, 15 para cada una de las universidades que participan, está abierta hasta el próximo 6 de junio. Está dirigida a estudiantes con discapacidad matriculados en el presente curso 2015-2016 en el último ciclo de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y Bachillerato, con edades comprendidas entre los 15 y los 18 años. Deberán acreditar el certificado de discapacidad y un nivel de inglés equivalente a B-1.

Los 15 estudiantes de cada uno de los países podrán optar a participar en el proyecto en su lugar de origen o en alguna de las otras dos ciudades. De esta forma, en cada campus habrá cinco alumnos de cada una de las nacionalidades.

El objetivo de este proyecto es evitar el abandono escolar temprano, fomentar el acceso de los jóvenes con discapacidad a la universidad y promover la movilidad internacional de este colectivo, así como facilitar que las universidades europeas puedan identificar oportunidades de mejora para su campus, para que estén en mejores condiciones de ofrecer una educación universitaria inclusiva, en condiciones de igualdad de oportunidades con otros estudiantes.

Según recoge la convocatoria, la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Lisboa acogerá a los estudiantes del 3 al 9 de julio; la Universidad Artesis-Plantijn de Amberes, del 28 de agosto al 3 de septiembre, y la Universidad de Granada, del 24 hasta el 30 de julio. Allí realizarán actividades inclusivas relacionadas con la divulgación académica y además tendrán un peso importante las actividades relacionadas con el deporte, el ocio y la cultura.

El programa, denominado ‘Campus Inclusivos Europeo, ”INnetCAMPUS”, está liderado por Fundación ONCE y se desarrolla junto con tres universidades socias: la Universidad de Granada, la Facultas de Derecho de la Universidad de Lisboa y la Universidad de Amberes.

Fuente: http://www.compromisorse.com/rse/2016/05/13/fundacion-once-promueve-la-movilidad-internacional-de-jovenes-con-discapacidad/

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