Nabuur Resources / March 2007 / Brian Morgan

Subject: Starting Schools in Developing Countries, Links = 11

Subject: Providing Internet Center Hardware, Links = 13
Subject: Providing Housing, Links = 1
Date: March 2007
Author: Brian Morgan, USA Volunteer
Time: 3.5 hours
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NetAid World School House (1)

Educating children is the single most important investment we can make in the
fight against global poverty, giving communities the tools and opportunities to
build healthy, prosperous futures. Yet around the world, more that 115 million
children are not in school, and 150 million more will drop out before they earn a
basic education.
To tackle this problem, NetAid partners with organizations that offer sustainable,
quality approaches to putting children living in poverty in school and ensuring
they can stay there. The NetAid World Schoolhouse gives individuals a chance
to learn about real projects that are changing lives in developing countries, and to
help communities lift themselves out of poverty through education. It also
provides the opportunity to support these partnerships by spreading awareness
and raising support.

World-wide School Projects Funded

http://www.netaid.org/world_schoolhouse/project-archive.html

NetAid World Schoolhouse Projects

http://www.netaid.org/world_schoolhouse/

Free The Children Organization (2)

Free The Children is the largest network of children helping children through
education in the world, with more than one million youth involved in our
innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded by
international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has an
established track-record of success, with three nominations for the Nobel Peace
Prize and partnerships with the United Nations and Oprah’s Angel Network.
Unlike any other children's charity in the world, Free The Children is both funded
and driven by children and youth. Our mission is to free young people from the
idea that they are powerless to bring about positive social change, and
encourage them to act now to improve the lives of young people everywhere.
Free the Children - School Building
http://www.freethechildren.com/programs/index.html

Information: Building Schools in Developing Countries (3)

Before children can be taught effectively, schools or other educational institutions
must be created and stocked with adequate teaching materials. Rural schools in
many poorer countries are severely limited in their supplies. They may lack
textbooks, paper, desks, blackboards, chairs – even pencils. Collections of
books, science equipment, and computers are even more rare in these
classrooms. Some schools do not even offer basic hygienic necessities such as
bathrooms.

The cause of this ‘schoolroom poverty’ is lack of funding. The governments in

developing countries can be very cash-strapped, and cannot afford to divert
money to education. Sometimes, tax systems are badly managed, so funds that
would go to education are siphoned off by competing interests. The bottom line is
that in many Third World countries, education is simply not a priority issue for the
government: developing countries spend an average of $40 per student each
year in their education systems, compared to about $4,000 per student in
developed nations.

Building Schools Information

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00282/edu_schools.htm

School Design Guidelines for Developing Countries (4)

Schools for Developing Countries Article / 4 pages PDF
http://www.cefpi.org/pdf/issuetrak0605.pdf

Schools for Children of the World Organization (5)

Since then, the group has built four other schools in Honduras and one in
Nicaragua. SCW became an official 501(c)(3) organization in the United States in
2003 and was contracted by the Honduras Ministry of Education to develop a
National School Facility Master Plan. The school facility master plan was a huge
step forward for SCW and has contributed to the founding of a Honduran sister
organization, SCW-Honduras.

Schools for the Children of the World

http://www.schoolsforchildren.org/
Planning and Considerations in Building New Schools (6)
School Construction Considerations / PDF Article 7 pages
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADF055.pdf

Building with Books Organization (7)

Our international schoolhouse project sites now number more than 150. BwB
school projects to date are dispersed throughout nine countries, four of which are
currently active BwB project countries: Mali, Malawi, Nepal and Nicaragua.
http://www.buildingwithbooks.org/

Room to Read Organization (8)

Room to Read partners with local communities in the developing world to
establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure. We seek
to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education is a lifelong
gift that empowers people to…
Room to Read
http://www.roomtoread.org/index.html

Short article about facts on education in the developing world (9)

Article / Education and the Developing World / PDF 4 Pages
http://www.cgdev.org/files/2844_file_EDUCATON1.pdf

Four important steps to building a school (10)

Article / How to build a School /
http://www.ehow.com/how_135746_build-school-third.html

Global Cross Road Organization (11)

Building and renovating orphanages and schools
http://www.globalcrossroad.com/humanitariantrips/index.php
Internet Center Hardware (1)
http://www.computeraid.org/

Computer / Internet Provider (2)

http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/

Africa Internet Services & Training (3)

http://www.kabissa.org/

United Nations Technology Site (4)

http://www.unites.org/index.html

Taking IT Global (4)

http://www.takingitglobal.org/

Network of Community Technology (Internet) Centers (5)

http://ctcnet.org/

Shelter, Food Production, Internet Centers (6)

http://practicalaction.org/?id=home

One Laptop Per Child Organization (7)

http://laptop.org/

Internet Kiosks For Schools, Primary & Secondary (8)

http://www.edumasters.net/english/paises.htm
Article / Getting a school online in a developing country / PDF (9)
http://www.techknowlogia.org/TKL_Articles/PDF/368.pdf

Microsoft Pathfinder programs for schools in Europe, Middle East, Africa

(10)
http://www.microsoft.com/emea/education/pathfinder/default.mspx

Article / Using Computers in Schools / Developing Countries / 40+ pages

(11)
http://learnlink.aed.org/Publications/Sourcebook/chapter4/Computers_in_S
chools_modelofuse.pdf

Article / Microsoft Partnerships to benefit 45 million Africans (12)

http://www.microsoft.com/emea/presscentre/pressreleases/GLFAfrica2006
Day2PR_1172006.mspx

Article / $150 Laptops being sent to developing countries (13)

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/2/12/101739.shtml

Housing – Shelter Provider (1)

http://www.habitat.org/

Recruits Volunteers for Non-Profit Organizations (For Nabuur Staff) (1)

http://www.volunteermatch.org/