USAID applauds Yemen agriculture program

May 13, 2014

A more stable and positive future for Yemen depends on having strong agricultural markets and farmers with the capacity to supply them, said U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Mission Director Herbie Smith....
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Creative provides valuable training to AAAS Fellows

April 8, 2014

Conflict analysis training delivered to 18 post-doctoral Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will enable them to provide more conflict-sensitive guidance to federal agencies and future U.S. programming around the world....
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Culture of reading in Yemen is key to literacy

March 18, 2014

Toronto, Canada—When Fathi El-Ashry disclosed that the curriculum for first to third graders in Yemen hadn’t been revised since 1995, the audience at the 2014 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference was alarmed. As education experts, they knew the typical revision cycle for curricula was six to eight years....
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Community support essential to improved learning

March 13, 2014

Toronto, Canada—When a mother in Jordan takes her child to enroll in kindergarten, she is often turned away and told to wait until first grade. With thousands in line and enrollment capped at 25 students per class, this is a regular occurrence....
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