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English Teachers needed in Saudi Arabia!

Kay Hiramine
62 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 14 Views
Posted 6 days, 12 hours ago
There is a request from a friend in Saudi Arabia for 20 male and female teachers. Following are the criteria: Native speakers; BA in English and relevant field; TESOL Certificate or MA in Applied Linguistics, TESOL etc; 3 years of teaching experience; 3 references - professional and

Human Development

Mike McCausland
44 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 18 Views
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
All, Just wanted to send out an info update on a fantastic training program the HISG International Directors just went through called "Crossroads". The course is focused on human development and is designed for people that have been on generational poverty. Around 80% of course attendees experience a

Creating Opportunity

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Kyle Adams
37 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 92 Views
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Check out this video clip where Steve Hyde talks about the differences between Cambodia and the rest of the world. Steve is opening a whole new set of doors for children in his country and is an example of the effect one man can have.

Hygiene & Disease Prevention Curriculum

Patrick Selvey
4 Posts
2 Votes 5 Replies 297 Views
Posted 10 months, 3 weeks ago, updated 4 months ago
Grace-Connection has developed a hygiene and disease prevention "train the trainer" teaching system that is designed to empower educators who want to teach WaSH principles to the poorest people groups. This curriculum is focused on people who live in areas with unimproved or slightly improved water. Dirt floor villages.

Impact of the Starfish Community

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Kyle Adams
37 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 113 Views
Posted 5 months ago
Here is an example of how the Starfish Community is transforming lives by taking drug dealers, drug addicts, and prostitutes off the streets and giving them a sense of purpose and belonging. These young people are in poverty, for sure, but more than that, they are often viewed as lost ...

Need partner with UN, IMF, or World Bank Certified Number for Haiti Project

jorgecmm
5 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 69 Views
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
MorningStar Missions and MFM are seeking info on an NGO with certification number to partner in large grant for Haiti. "Education, orphan care, infrastructure, and development of new residential, commercial zones, schools, job training, along with sustainable training for future longevity is the objective." Contact Jorge Parrott, Missions Director, at

Caution from Haiti

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Kyle Adams
37 Posts
2 Votes 0 Replies 133 Views
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
In this interview, Junior Bataille points out that the reason there are so many people in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, is because there is so little opportunity anywhere else in the country. He goes on to encourage NGOs invest resources in the entire country, and not just on rebuilding the capital

Burkina Faso - looking for partners

Karmen
2 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 244 Views
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Planning a trip to Burkina Faso in March 2010 and looking for local NGOs and/or partners. We want to find a potential people's group and/or village to work with to do community development work. I would like to learn more about some of the under resourced people ...

Culture Matters

Scott Allen
3 Posts
6 Votes 11 Replies 240 Views
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Friends, if the organizing principle of this new community is development, raising the poor out of poverty, and social transformation, then I suggest you think seriously about adding a new category to the HIST Model that deals with religion, worldview and/or culture. At the root of whether a nation ...

Causes of Poverty - Nouakchott, Mauritania

Karen B
28 Posts
1 Vote 3 Replies 375 Views
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 9 months ago
I'm currently working on some funding proposals, and in the process of reviewing some prior proposals, I came across a document my teammates and I put together a year ago which outlines some of the causes of poverty in Mauritania's capital. I thought it might be of interest ...