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		<title>&#8220;Talent Is Universal, While Opportunity Is Not&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/16/talent-is-universal-while-opportunity-is-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof&#8217;s latest column focuses on Tererai Trent, a remarkable woman from Zimbabwe who overcame extreme poverty and a husband who beat her and will be receiving her Ph.D. from Western Michigan University next month. As Mr. Kristof puts it: &#8220;Tererai is a reminder of the adage that talent is universal, while opportunity is not.&#8221;
Below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to go to school in Zimbabwe</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/05/trying-to-go-to-school-in-zimbabwe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/05/trying-to-go-to-school-in-zimbabwe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eye on Zimbabwe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zimbabwe]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the start of the year, Nora Coghlan from our policy team wrote about the education crisis in Zimbabwe.  After a heated conflict between school teachers and the Zimbabwean government, it was feared that &#8220;2009 will be another lost year for education in Zimbabwe.&#8221;
Today, CNN.com has an article examining the state of education in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Christiane Amanpour interviews Queen Rania</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/20/video-christiane-amanpour-interviews-queen-rania/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/20/video-christiane-amanpour-interviews-queen-rania/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1GOAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I happened to catch this clip with Queen Rania on CNN.  It covers an array of subjects, but I thought the particular focus on education would be of interest to readers.
She also discusses 1GOAL in detail (which we&#8217;ve covered here) as well as the role of social networking in creating change.
Embedded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Minnesota to Africa: Books, Literacy and Education</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/09/from-minnesota-to-africa-books-literacy-and-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/10/09/from-minnesota-to-africa-books-literacy-and-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Crimmings</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE Members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, ONE members from the Twin Cities gathered at the University of Minnesota for a special conference on Literacy and Education in a 21st century Africa.
The event was hosted by a local organization called Books for Africa, the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent. In the past 11 years they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Children Opens &#8216;Idol Gives Back&#8217; Preschool Playgrounds in Mozambique</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/15/save-the-children-opens-idol-gives-back-preschool-playgrounds-in-mozambique/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/15/save-the-children-opens-idol-gives-back-preschool-playgrounds-in-mozambique/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idol Gives Back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mozambique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO Partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Save The Children]]></category>

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Last week I spoke to 4-year-old Ercilia in the village of Muzingane Bairro 3.  As she played with her friend Carlos on the swings at their preschool, Ercilia told me how much she loves her new playground.  She smiled and laughed as Carlos pushed her high up into the air on the swing.
Nothing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Time for School</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/09/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/09/it%e2%80%99s-time-for-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women and Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight PBS’s “Wide Angle” series will begin airing part 3 of the program Time for School.  A 12-year documentary project on global education, Time for School has been following a group of students in Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya and Romania since they first entered in 2002.
According to PBS,
These children’s stories put a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SMART Aid opens school doors to the poor in Ghana</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/11/smart-aid-opens-school-doors-to-the-poor-in-ghana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As in many African countries, children in Ghana often missed out on schooling because their parents could not afford the school fees or needed them to help work in the fields or the home. In 2004, Ghana started a free compulsory Universal Basic Education Program, which abolished school fees and introduced a National School Feeding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sign For Those Who Can&#8217;t</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/15/sign-for-those-who-cant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/15/sign-for-those-who-cant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 15:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Holder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Read]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Campaign for Education]]></category>

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Hello, I&#8217;m Christina Holder, a ONE member from Augusta, Georgia, currently working as a Uriel and Caroline Bauer Human Rights Law Fellow in Lusaka, Zambia, where I promote human rights-based approaches to development. My education has enabled me to understand and transform some of the root causes of social injustice. I believe every individual deserves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Children a Better Start toward School Success</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/05/giving-children-a-better-start-toward-school-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/05/giving-children-a-better-start-toward-school-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 14:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Day 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO Partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Save The Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women and Education]]></category>

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A mother and daughter, Sarita, who attends early childhood development classes in Nepal where teachers are trained by Save the Children. Sarita&#8217;s parents never went to school. They are determined to help Sarita have better opportunities.
Did you know that more children drop out of school in first or second grade than in any other year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy is spelled GCE</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/22/advocacy-is-spelled-gce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/04/22/advocacy-is-spelled-gce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nora Coghlan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational For All Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Campaign for Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>

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On Monday, the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) launched its annual Global Action Week, seven days of advocacy to raise awareness around education and encourage governments to follow through on their commitments to put 75 million children in school by 2015.
Here in Washington, GCE kicked off the week with a roundtable discussion on the state [...]]]></description>
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