In addition, some 600 activists have been trained and given much needed materials to conduct house to house visits and ensure the word on the epidemic reaches the more isolated areas.
Over at the Koch family foundations, they explain that these budget cuts make the BRI and their other education work even more necessary: "As budgets for liberal arts and social studies continue to shrink, BRI provides much needed instructional materials and conducts programs that teach the words and ideas of our Founders and the liberties and freedoms guaranteed in our Founding documents".
UNICEF is appealing for $15 millionn for its education programmes in Southern Sudan this year, which will provide the much needed learning materials to keep children coming to school, the training of teachers, construction of permanent schools and vital capacity building.
"UNICEF is appealing for US$155 million for its education programmes in Southern Sudan this year, which will provide the much needed learning materials to keep children coming to school, the training of teachers, construction of permanent schools and vital capacity building".
I hesitate when recommending the latter, but the scientific cloakings and footnotes of the former allow for some much needed distance between the material and reader, something that A Little Life doesn't do.
Copenhagen, 28 December 2004 – A planeload of essential items, the first of several, is due to leave Denmark this evening, bringing much needed medical supplies, shelter materials and education kits to children and their families affected by the earthquake in Asia on 26th December.
School material is very much needed to accelerate the schooling of 60,000 Sudanese pupils.
Obtain your needed materials.
Obtain the needed materials.
Gather all needed materials.
