Description: 'The Street Children’s Project is using the Internet to create links between street children. These children have been forced to adopt the street life as a way to survive. They share common struggles, including those related to prostitution, theft, drug consumption, and the daily battle to stay alive in the midst of crime and brutalities of every kind. The difficulties they face pose a threat to their lives and threaten the future of society as a whole.

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Abstract: 'The School Telecentres Management Resources have various resources available that are tailor-made to assist heads of schools and telecentre managers with the planning and operation of school-based telecentres. Also included are a few resources that meet the needs of all telecentres. The resources focus on the following areas of telecentre management: Monitoring and evaluation; Financial management; Policies and operations; Telecentre guides; Professional development for telecentre sta more...

Over 7,000 Tanzanians Give Their Opinions on livelihood, education, health, governance, infrastructure, well-being, citizen participation, and more. This report is the largest perception survey conducted in Mainland Tanzania to date. 7,879 Tanzanians, aged from 7 to 90 years, from ten mainland regions, were asked for their opinion on aspects of economic progress, their standard of living, quality of and access to economic and social services, and trends in governance.

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In December 2007, UNICEF, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and Google today announced the launch of “Our Stories” (www.ourstories.org), a joint initiative to preserve and share the histories and identities of cultures around the world by making personal stories available online in many languages.

Using laptops, mobile phones and other recording devices, children will record, in their native languages, the stories of elders, family members and friends. These stories will be shared globally thro more...

Baltimore, MD -- Television viewers around the world are now able to trace the successes and challenges faced by two YouthActionNet™ leaders as part of a new CNN International series entitled, “Be the Change.” This new series will feature video diaries and blogs produced by six men and women who are volunteering their time and energy to serve others. YouthActionNet™ is a program, launched by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Nokia, that invests in the power and promise of youn more...

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Youth Programme’s main mandate is to support children and young people from developing countries and those in transition to improve their access, use and knowledge of information and communication technologies to bridge the Digital Divide and integrate the Information Society. Aligned with WSIS Geneva and Tunis Action Plans, the Youth Programme also aims at ensuring the follow-up of the ITU TELECOM Youth Forums, through actions and projects that more...

The nominees for the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award, co-presented yearly by UNICEF and The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences were finalized in September 2007. The seven nominees for the 2007 ICDB Award won their respective regional competitions. The winner of the 2007 ICDB Award was announced at the Academy’s 35th International Emmy® Awards Gala on November 19, 2007 at the Hilton New York Hotel. The nominees, and regional winners, are from Bang more...

The Glimpse Foundation just partnered with National Geographic to create a mainstream media product that celebrates and informs about the work of young people abroad. All of the content is User-generated and professionally edited. Glimpse is an opportunity for youth to make their global experiences carry a positive social impact - on a mass media scale.

Every year 230,000 young Americans go abroad to study, live or work. Whatever the reason for the journey, each person comes back with a stor more...

The mission of INHOPE is to facilitate and co-ordinate the work of internet hotlines in responding to illegal use and content on the Internet. Several Save the Children organisations work with INHOPE to provide channels for reporting material you have seen on the internet which you consider to be potentially illegal child abusive content. Save the Children recommends the following three main strategies in the fight against Internet-related sexual abuse of children: 1] Facilitate international mu more...

The ITU Corporate Strategy Division's Young Minds in Telecoms competition, which ran from 2005 to 2007, was open to graduate students and recent graduates in economics, political science, law, literature, telecommunications, computer science, information systems and related fields. The objective of the ITU Young Minds Programme was to give young people valuable exposure to the international telecommunication environment and to the work of the ITU. Information on the winners and runner-ups for th more...