Peace on Earth – Heart to Heart
The heart is like a box, and language is the key.* [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktlwCPDd94] Photograph – Neighbourhood Children of the…
Month: December 2011
Educate Girls and Change the World
There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary…
The Wolves Inside Us
A Cherokee boy was upset with a friend who had done him an injustice and he went to…
Early Learning Centres?
When do we begin to learn? Birth? One month? Six months? Kindergarten? School? New studies suggest that some…
The Tale of the Iron Fish
Anemia is a serious problem throughout the developing world and it has serious consequences for the health of…
Sometimes a Trail of Tears can lead to Kindness
The Trail of Tears is the name given to the forced relocation of Native Americans following the Indian Removal Act…
The Only Failure is Failure to Learn
David Damberger works with Engineers without Borders. In this talk he explains the importance of facing up to failure – not…
The Roots of Rights
On December 10th, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Nowadays,…
Did You Know…
Did you know that The Cat in the Hat was written in 1954 using the reading vocabulary of…
Going Your Own Way
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction…