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Making the Grade in Nepal 24 Nov 2010 | 07:35 pm
Grade 2 students of Shree Saraswati Secondary School praying at the start of the school day. Credit: Damakant Jayshi By Damakant Jayshi KAVRE, Nepal (IPS) – Four years ago, Ramita Bhujel was a bit r...
When Learning Becomes Fun, Too 24 Nov 2010 | 07:00 pm
'The results are amazing,' Nirmala says of using innovative ways of teaching. Credit:Damakant Jayshi By Damakant Jayshi KAVRE, Nepal – Nirmala Timilsina does not want to deprive her students...
Migrant Workers’ Families Face Uncertainty Ahead 12 Feb 2010 | 09:14 pm
By Stanislaus Jude Chan A migrant worker at a construction site in Singapore. (credit: Stanislaus Jude Chan/IPS) SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (IPS)- Instead of spending weekends at shopping malls in this bustl...
Migrant Workers’ Families Face Uncertainty Ahead 12 Feb 2010 | 04:14 pm
By Stanislaus Jude Chan SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (IPS)- Instead of spending weekends at shopping malls in this bustling city-state, Rod Luacan and his family now keep themselves busy with activities in churc...
Poverty Measures Need Support of Rich Nations 11 Feb 2010 | 09:13 pm
By Shailendra Singh SUVA, Feb 16 (IPS) – Social protection programmes could help alleviate poverty in the Pacific Islands region, but without the help of developed countries, they will not materialis...
Mobile Classes A Lifeline to Dropouts 10 Feb 2010 | 11:41 pm
Child activist Seto Mulyadi at a mobile class in a mosque in Bintaro, South Jakarta. By Kanis Dursin JAKARTA, Feb 10 (IPS) – Two years after the economic recession forced her out of school, 20-year-...
Poverty Going Down, But More Neglected Kids 10 Feb 2010 | 11:40 pm
Harry Hikmat, director of the children social service of the Ministry of Social Affairs, talks to Kanis Dursin of IPS Asia-Pacific about how the crisis affected Indonesian children and the government’...
Hard Times Expose Migrants’ Worries about Kids 10 Feb 2010 | 11:39 pm
By Mitch Moxley BEIJING, Feb 10 (IPS) – Life for China’s 130 million migrant workers has never been easy. In recent years, however, family life for the ‘liudong renkou’ (floating population) was show...
Street Kids Learn to Save in Times of Crisis 10 Feb 2010 | 11:00 pm
By Kara Santos There are more than 250,000 street children in the Philippines. credit: Kara Santos/IPS MANILA, Feb 5 (IPS) – Since he dropped out of elementary school, 17-year old Cenen, has been ma...
‘I Didn’t Like School, I Wanted to Make Money’ 9 Feb 2010 | 11:27 pm
By Shailendra Singh SUVA, Jan 6 (IPS) – Shonal Chand, 16, has ditched school to work full time to assist his financially struggling family. He sells pineapples, watermelons and other local seasonal f...
