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Save Dolong Surungan, a Campaign Song to Help Protect the Sumatran Tiger

Rare Conservation Yobo Member Video
April 7th, 2011

This campaign is working to sustain the Dolok Surungan Wildlife Reserve as a habitat of the Sumatran tiger by reducing the destruction and fragmentation of forest for agriculture plantations.

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Bedouin Hospitality Part II: The Negev

Tree of Life Yobo Member
March 16th, 2011

Yesterday afternoon, we left to visit Amal, saw her schools and spent the evening with her and the people of her village in Wadi Nam. The school we christened last year has been open since then and is organized to educate the children of the village.

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Collecting Pennies for Peace

Newtown Patch
March 11th, 2011

Newtown Friends School first graders are doing their part to help educate children across the globe.

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Inspiring true stories encourage empathy

Appeal Democrat
February 17th, 2011

Empathy is largely a learned attribute. Our personal experiences are probably the most formative part in the development of empathy — the kindness, loving care and support we receive at home, school and through friendships.

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The child-driven education

TED Video
September 8th, 2010

In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, Education scientist Sugata Mitra gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

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People Are Awesome: Fifth Grader Donates $300 Life Savings to Stop Teacher Layoffs

Good
March 17th, 2011

Thanks to draconian budget cuts, thousands of layoff notices have been delivered to teacher mailboxes nationwide over the past few weeks. But, after notices went home about pink slips handed out in the Arcadia Unified School District, Jocelyn Lam, a fifth grade student at Camino Grove Elementary decided there was something she could do to save her school’s teachers: she emptied her piggy bank.

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Does Sharing Come Naturally to Kids?

Greater Good
March 15th, 2011

More and more of my time these days is spent unsuccessfully negotiating conflicts between my two-year-old daughter and her friends — over baby dolls, snacks, a turn on the swing, you name it. So I was surprised (and a bit skeptical) to see a new study suggesting that kids just a few months older than my daughter possess a strong and consistent willingness to share coveted objects with their peers, even when they have the chance to keep all the goodies for themselves.

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Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund (UK) Exhibiting at Responsible Partners

CSR Wire Yobo Member
March 1st, 2011

Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund UK is delighted to have a stand at the Responsible Partners Exhibition at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London N1 on March 17th and 18th. This is the first time NMCF UK has had the opportunity to present its work to corporate partners at an exhibition of this nature. “This [...]

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