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Global Citizenship Resources Websites Africa This website is a travel log from a Calgary couple on their discovery of Africa. “Through the website and interactive connections we invite those who share our sense of adventure and ongoing leanings to join us on our journey, learning about the diversity of our planet, increasing understanding of the wildlife, nature, conservation, people, cultures and wonders of Africa through stories and pictures.” Ayudamos Ayudamos believes in the right of all women and children to have the basic necessities of life and an opportunity for education. Ayudamos is a non-profit organization formed to work in cooperation with impoverished indigenous women of Guatemala and their families, with the ultimate goal being their self-sufficiency BBC international education site This website, produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, focuses on collaboration opportunities between schools in the UK and schools in different countries. It contains a wealth of relevant information and tips on conducting a successful school “twinning” experience. Canadian International Development agency (CIDA) – Teacher Zone Move your World…because you can! This site is a single portal for high-quality, curriculum-based educational resources and for new ideas to help bring international development to the classroom and motivate students to become active global citizens. Cause Canada Founded in 1984, CAUSE Canada is an International Relief and Development Organization which strives to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life. CAWST – Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) is a registered Canadian charity that provides professional services - education, training and technical consulting - to organizations that serve the poor in developing countries. CAWST doesn't fund or implement projects. Instead, we provide the services that are the catalyst for independent, community-driven water and sanitation projects. Childspeak What began in Zimbabwe in 1998 as a simple letter-writing exercise involving 11 year olds in two countries has become an exploration of global issues and responsibilities - discussions about citizenship, HIV/AIDS, democratic conventions, cultural traditions, environmental stewardship and human rights. In its current form, ChildSpeak matches Calgary elementary school students with counterparts in developing countries, those in which Bow Valley College (Calgary, Canada) has Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded projects. Edutopia The George Lucas Educational Foundation was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, we have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide. Footprint of nations This website introduces Ecological Footprint 2.0—Redefining Progress's new approach to measuring how much of the earth's carrying capacity it takes to sustain humanity’s consumption of goods and services. Free the Children Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education. Through our unique youth-driven approach, more than one million young people have been involved in our innovative programs in 45 countries. Global nomads group Founded in 1998, the Global Nomads Group (GNG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to heightening children's understanding and appreciation for the world and its people. Using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them. The Glassco Foundation (Development projects Canada/Zambia) The Glassco Foundation received its charitable status in 1996. Our mandate is to seek out children's issues in Canada and overseas, provide financial and organizational assistance as well as on site support. HYTES – Helping Youth through Educational Scholarships HYTES is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that has no affiliation with any government or religion. We raise funds in Canada to provide scholarships in developing nations. Our current focus is on paying for secondary tuition costs for community minded and financially challenged students in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Guatemala. International Education and Resource Network iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world Medical Mercy Canada Medical Mercy Canada is a non-religious, registered Canadian volunteer organization which provides unconditional help to impoverished persons in Ukraine and on the Burmese borders. Since 1991 Dr. Myron and Elaine Semkuley have led volunteers on annual trips to Ukraine each summer and to the borders of Burma each winter, providing medical assistance, instruction, and donated supplies, as well as funds and follow-up for small-scale building and hygiene projects. O Ambassadors O Ambassadors™ is an exciting new joint project of Oprah’s Angel Network and Free The Children that will inspire young people to become active, compassionate and knowledgeable global citizens. Oxfam Education site Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it. (UK related information) Project Amigo Project Amigo is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to enable the poor children of Colima to achieve their highest potential by providing educational opportunities, material support, enrichment activities, and medical and dental services not otherwise available to them. Room to Read Room to Read was founded on the belief that "World Change Starts with Educated Children" - and that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. We strive to provide children access to education, on e child at a time, and one village at a time. Through partnerships with local communities we work to create educational opportunities and establish educational infrastructure. Taking It Global Taking it Global is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It is now the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month. TIGed TIGed is short for TakingITGlobal for Educators, a program that provides rich, interactive global learning experiences by leveraging the resources of the world Ten by Ten 10x10™ is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life. The Many Faces of Homelessness The issues of poverty and homelessness are not simple ones. There are many reasons why someone may become homeless or suffer from poverty. Get involved in a special project that focuses on specific issues that sometimes create homelessness and poverty. UNICEF UNICEF is an organization focusing on Child survival and development, Basic education and gender equity, HIV/AIDS and children, Child protection and Policy advocacy and partnerships. UN Millenium Development Goals What are the Millennium Development Goals? The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and the entire world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest United Nations Association in Canada A Better World Starts here. It starts in our homes, in our schools and communities, in our country. It starts with you! The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is a national charitable organization established in 1946. Our mandate is to engage the Canadian public in the work of the United Nations and the critical international issues which affect us all. VC Alberta VC Alberta is your one stop videoconferencing resource in Alberta. It helps you find and connect to other sites in Alberta’s K-12 and post secondary system. Highlights of the site include tools, resources, best practice videos, research, and a social network where educators, technical personnel and administrators can connect to others across the province. VC Alberta also provides a searchable content provider and VC research database. You can even get advice on videoconferencing standards in Alberta. War Child Canada War Child Canada is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance to war-affected children around the world. War Child Canada helps generate awareness, support and advocacy for children's rights everywhere. World Vision World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. YaleGlobal Online YaleGlobal Online is the flagship publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. The magazine explores the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world by drawing on the rich intellectual resources of the Yale University community, scholars from other universities, and public- and private-sector experts from around the world. YMCA international YMCA Calgary's International department provides global, environmental and cross-cultural education in an effort to encourage peace, social justice and global awareness.

Global Citizenship Resources

Websites

Africa
This website is a travel log from a Calgary couple on their discovery of Africa. “Through the website and interactive connections we invite those who share our sense of adventure and ongoing leanings to join us on our journey, learning about the diversity of our planet, increasing understanding of the wildlife, nature, conservation, people, cultures and wonders of Africa through stories and pictures.”

Ayudamos
Ayudamos believes in the right of all women and children to have the basic necessities of life and an opportunity for education. Ayudamos is a non-profit organization formed to work in cooperation with impoverished indigenous women of Guatemala and their families, with the ultimate goal being their self-sufficiency

BBC international education site
This website, produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, focuses on collaboration opportunities between schools in the UK and schools in different countries. It contains a wealth of relevant information and tips on conducting a successful school “twinning” experience.

Canadian International Development agency (CIDA) – Teacher Zone
Move your World…because you can! This site is a single portal for high-quality, curriculum-based educational resources and for new ideas to help bring international development to the classroom and motivate students to become active global citizens.

Founded in 1984, CAUSE Canada is an International Relief and Development Organization which strives to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life.

CAWST – Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology
The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) is a registered Canadian charity that provides professional services - education, training and technical consulting - to organizations that serve the poor in developing countries. CAWST doesn't fund or implement projects. Instead, we provide the services that are the catalyst for independent, community-driven water and sanitation projects.

Childspeak
What began in Zimbabwe in 1998 as a simple letter-writing exercise involving 11 year olds in two countries has become an exploration of global issues and responsibilities - discussions about citizenship, HIV/AIDS, democratic conventions, cultural traditions, environmental stewardship and human rights. In its current form, ChildSpeak matches Calgary elementary school students with counterparts in developing countries, those in which Bow Valley College (Calgary, Canada) has Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)-funded projects.

Edutopia
The George Lucas Educational Foundation was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. Since that time, we have been documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide.

Footprint of nations
This website introduces Ecological Footprint 2.0—Redefining Progress's new approach to measuring how much of the earth's carrying capacity it takes to sustain humanity’s consumption of goods and services.

Free the Children
Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education. Through our unique youth-driven approach, more than one million young people have been involved in our innovative programs in 45 countries.

Founded in 1998, the Global Nomads Group (GNG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to heightening children's understanding and appreciation for the world and its people. Using interactive technologies such as videoconferencing, GNG brings young people together face-to-face to meet across cultural and national boundaries to discuss their differences & similarities, and the world issues that affect them.

The Glassco Foundation (Development projects Canada/Zambia)
The Glassco Foundation received its charitable status in 1996. Our mandate is to seek out children's issues in Canada and overseas, provide financial and organizational assistance as well as on site support.

HYTES – Helping Youth through Educational Scholarships
HYTES is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that has no affiliation with any government or religion. We raise funds in Canada to provide scholarships in developing nations. Our current focus is on paying for secondary tuition costs for community minded and financially challenged students in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Guatemala.

International Education and Resource Network
iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world

Medical Mercy Canada

Medical Mercy Canada is a non-religious, registered Canadian volunteer organization which provides unconditional help to impoverished persons in Ukraine and on the Burmese borders. Since 1991 Dr. Myron and Elaine Semkuley have led volunteers on annual trips to Ukraine each summer and to the borders of Burma each winter, providing medical assistance, instruction, and donated supplies, as well as funds and follow-up for small-scale building and hygiene projects.

O Ambassadors

O Ambassadors™ is an exciting new joint project of Oprah’s Angel Network and Free The Children that will inspire young people to become active, compassionate and knowledgeable global citizens.

Oxfam Education site
Oxfam Education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school. All of the resources here support Education for Global Citizenship – education that helps pupils understand their world and make a positive difference in it. (UK related information)

Project Amigo
Project Amigo is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to enable the poor children of Colima to achieve their highest potential by providing educational opportunities, material support, enrichment activities, and medical and dental services not otherwise available to them.

Room to Read
Room to Read was founded on the belief that "World Change Starts with Educated Children" - and that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. We strive to provide children access to education, on e child at a time, and one village at a time. Through partnerships with local communities we work to create educational opportunities and establish educational infrastructure.

Taking It Global
Taking it Global is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It is now the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month.

TIGed

TIGed is short for TakingITGlobal for Educators, a program that provides rich, interactive global learning experiences by leveraging the resources of the world

Ten by Ten
10x10™ is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.

The Many Faces of Homelessness
The issues of poverty and homelessness are not simple ones. There are many reasons why someone may become homeless or suffer from poverty. Get involved in a special project that focuses on specific issues that sometimes create homelessness and poverty.

UNICEF
UNICEF is an organization focusing on Child survival and development, Basic education and gender equity, HIV/AIDS and children, Child protection and Policy advocacy and partnerships.

UN Millenium Development Goals
What are the Millennium Development Goals?
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and the entire world’s leading development institutions. They have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest

United Nations Association in Canada
A Better World Starts here. It starts in our homes, in our schools and communities, in our country. It starts with you!
The United Nations Association in Canada (UNA-Canada) is a national charitable organization established in 1946. Our mandate is to engage the Canadian public in the work of the United Nations and the critical international issues which affect us all.

VC Alberta
VC Alberta is your one stop videoconferencing resource in Alberta. It helps you find and connect to other sites in Alberta’s K-12 and post secondary system. Highlights of the site include tools, resources, best practice videos, research, and a social network where educators, technical personnel and administrators can connect to others across the province. VC Alberta also provides a searchable content provider and VC research database. You can even get advice on videoconferencing standards in Alberta.

War Child Canada

War Child Canada is a registered Canadian charity dedicated to providing urgently needed humanitarian assistance to war-affected children around the world. War Child Canada helps generate awareness, support and advocacy for children's rights everywhere.

World Vision

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.

YaleGlobal Online

YaleGlobal Online is the flagship publication of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. The magazine explores the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world by drawing on the rich intellectual resources of the Yale University community, scholars from other universities, and public- and private-sector experts from around the world.

YMCA international

YMCA Calgary's International department provides global, environmental and cross-cultural education in an effort to encourage peace, social justice and global awareness.

Websites

Cause Canada

Founded in 1984, CAUSE Canada is an International Relief and Development Organization which strives to empower communities and individuals in disadvantaged regions to overcome poverty and improve quality of life.

Footprint of nations This website introduces Ecological Footprint 2.0—Redefining Progress's new approach to measuring how much of the earth's carrying capacity it takes to sustain humanity’s consumption of goods and services.

Free the Children Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education. Through our unique youth-driven approach, more than one million young people have been involved in our innovative programs in 45 countries.

Global nomads group

The Glassco Foundation (Development projects Canada/Zambia) The Glassco Foundation received its charitable status in 1996. Our mandate is to seek out children's issues in Canada and overseas, provide financial and organizational assistance as well as on site support.

International Education and Resource Network iEARN is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to collaborate on projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world

Medical Mercy Canada

O Ambassadors O Ambassadors™ is an exciting new joint project of Oprah’s Angel Network and Free The Children that will inspire young people to become active, compassionate and knowledgeable global citizens.

Project Amigo Project Amigo is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to enable the poor children of Colima to achieve their highest potential by providing educational opportunities, material support, enrichment activities, and medical and dental services not otherwise available to them.

TIGed

TIGed is short for TakingITGlobal for Educators, a program that provides rich, interactive global learning experiences by leveraging the resources of the world

The Many Faces of Homelessness The issues of poverty and homelessness are not simple ones. There are many reasons why someone may become homeless or suffer from poverty. Get involved in a special project that focuses on specific issues that sometimes create homelessness and poverty.

UNICEF UNICEF is an organization focusing on Child survival and development, Basic education and gender equity, HIV/AIDS and children, Child protection and Policy advocacy and partnerships.

World Vision is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.

YaleGlobal Online

YMCA international

YMCA Calgary's International department provides global, environmental and cross-cultural education in an effort to encourage peace, social justice and global awareness.