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Collaborative Project Partners
World
Links (www.world-links.org):
World Links connects and trains teachers and kids in developing countries
to improve education and employment opportunities. eLearning and the Internet
are the tools to make this happen.
World
Links for Development (www.worldbank.org/worldlinks):
The World Links for Development (WorLD) Program links students and teachers
around the world with the aid of new technologies to improve educational
opportunities and build global awareness. WorLD began in 1997 as a philanthropic
pilot initiative of the World Bank in response to widespread requests
from developing countries to assist them in preparing their youth to enter
information age and participate effectively in the global economy of the
next millenium.
I*EARN (www.iearn.org): Focuses on developing action-oriented global partnerships between educators and students that lead to improved exchange and training programs, tangible products, and meaningful community outreach. iEARN's unique online content now serves 400,000 educators and students at 4,000 schools in 92 countries with 80 ongoing projects in 29 languages. IEARN will be the fiscal agent and U.S. government grantee for AGL for this initiative.
Metro Teen AIDS (www.metroteenaids.org):
Joining the AGL team for this initiative, provides resources to help young
people fight AIDS and support each other. Unlike any other organization
in the Washington, DC area, Metro TeenAIDS focuses all of its efforts
on the special prevention, education, and treatment needs of young people.
Schools On-line (www.schoolsonline.org):
Channels the entrepreneurial energy and engineering talent of the
high-tech industry to develop solutions that meet the needs of schools
in the developing world. In its first three years of operation, Schools
Online provided technology to enable more than 5,700 schools in the USA
and 17 countries gain Internet access. iEARN and Schools Online recently
partnered to launch the GEMS Project, a three-year, $40 million educational
technology investment into 1,500 iEARN schools in 92 countries.
State Department (exchanges.state.gov):
The Alliance for Global Learning would like to thank the Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department for supporting the AIDSWEB
project. Bureau funds enabled the Alliance to facilitate the third round
of the HIV/AIDS Collaborative Project, and to bring teachers together
both in Cape Town and Washington, D.C.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs promotes mutual understanding, respect and long-term linkages between the people of the United States and other countries, through academic and professional exchanges and cultural programs worldwide. The Bureau fosters such understanding through international education and training programs, and by promoting personal, professional and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the US and abroad. In addition, the Bureau presents US history, society, art and culture in all its diversity to overseas audiences.
UNCFSP (www.uncfsp.org): The
UNCF-Special Projects Corporation is a separate non-profit corporation
that works in partnership with the UNCF to provide support for institutions
of higher learning in the United States. UNCF-SP helps such institutions
build relationsips and create partnerships with government and other organizations.
Their Institute for International Public Policy represents a direct response
to the identified national need to create a diverse talent pool of well-trained
and language-proficient internationalists.
