Last Sunday, CARS (Constantinople Armenian Relief Society)-Hintliyan alumni gathered in the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church in Bayside, New York, in order to celebrate the 100^th Anniversary of the Hintliyan School, which was established in 1909 in Bolis, Turkey and is currently operating in Gayan Avan, Armenia.  Nearly 150 Armenians born in Constantinople but currently residing in North America participated in the event.  Prior to the event, on September 7, 2009, in the Gayan Avan secondary school named after Hovhannes Hintliyan in the Davoush region of Armenia, the “Nor Dprots” (New School) 100^th Anniversary was celebrated. During the New York celebration, films and photos from the Armenian ceremony were presented, and participants of the ceremony shared their impressions.

Mrs. Armine Araz, Dr. Ounjian, and
Mrs. Tamar Kayserian enjoy the event in Bayside

Credit: FAR Staff

The New York event was organized as a fundraiser for the Hintliyan School.  As a result of the support from CARS and FAR, the number of children enrolled in the school increases each year, and the quality of education improves. Moreover, now residents of the border villages of Aygehovit and Azatamut are inspired with new hope for the future.  Recently, FAR Press Secretary Levon Lachikyan visited the remote school and presented 14 heaters, purchased thanks to the CARS donation, to be installed in all classrooms of the school.  At the same time, financial stipends were awarded to the Hintliyan school children and teachers.  This school in Gayan Avan is a great example FAR’s fruitful collaboration with other successful Armenian organizations, such as CARS.

Young Hintliyan Students Enjoy the New Heater

Credit: FAR Staff

September 7th marked a special day for FAR’s education initiatives:  the 100-year anniversary of the Hovhaness Hintlian School.  The school, founded by Mr. Hintlian in 1909 in Constantinople, was opened with a mission to introduce the new European teaching models of the time into the Armenian educational system.  The Hintlian School was closed in 1988.  However, thanks to the support of the Constantinople Armenians Relief Society (CARS), a secondary school in the Gayan community in the Tavush region of Armenia was named after Hovhannes Hintlian, and his legacy therefore continues.   FAR is responsible for the administration and execution of the day-to-day operations of the school.

Credit: FAR Staff

Today, the school has 110 pupils, and employs nearly 30 teachers. Encouraged by the financial and moral support of CARS, the Hintlian school children have shown strong academic progress, and most of the graduates continue their education at higher educational institutions.

In celebration of the 100^th anniversary of this school, CARS members and other supporters from across the globe visited Armenia.   On September 7, they gathered at the school and held a solemn ceremony dedicated to the 100^th anniversary of the school.  The Hintlian spirit was apparent in the students’ their poetry recitals and dance performances.

The guests were hosted by Mr. Armen Ghularyan, Tavush Regional Governor and Ms. Hranush Hakobyan, Armenian Diaspora Minister.  Both officials expressed their gratitude towards the Hintlian graduates and CARS in providing support to the border zone school. They noted that though the school lies in a troubled region, the Hovhannes Hintlian School has invigorated the region with a new life.

Mr. Ghularyan recognized Berge Araz, and also recognized the efforts of all delegation members of the CARS, including President Tamar Kayserian and vise-president Levon Andreasian, among others.  All guests were happy to see the survival of the Hintlian spirit in Armenia.  With the support of CARS and a dedicated FAR team, we hope that the name of the great teacher will live forever.

Credit: FAR Staff

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Photos by Celso Saito

Last year, Brastel decided to give part of the the profits from refills to a special event – Centennial of Japanese Immigration in Brazil – the Brastel Smart Phonecard will help support educational projects for young Brazilians living in Japan.

Date: 6 e 7/7
Centro de Ensino Nippo Brasileiro
〒437-1507　Kikugawa-shi Akatsuchi 1150-1
0537-73-1264

For more information about NPO Criativos and Brastel Education project

Photos by Evelyn Kuba

Global Kids Eclipse is an event organized by students of the new graduate course, Media Design at Keio University (Keio Media Design or KMD), with support from UNESCO, SOI Asia, Division of Child Support, Education of Kanagawa and Brastel, which led the event for Brazilian children.  This sponsorship is part of the Entre Para A História Project, launched last year to commemorate the 100 years of immigration.

For more information click here

Photos by Celso Saito

Last year, Brastel decided to give part of the their profits from refills to a special event – Centennial of Japanese Immigration in Brazil – the Brastel Smart Phonecard will help support educational projects for young Brazilians living in Japan.

Date: 16 e 21/7
Escola Nippo Brasileira
〒438-0072 Iwata-shi Torinose 115-4  2F
0538-39-1335

For more information about NPO Criativos and Brastel Education project

Photos by Daniele Aoyama

Last year, Brastel decided to give part of the the profitｓ from refills to a special event – Centennial of Japanese Immigration in Brazil – the Brastel Smart Phonecard will help support educational projects for young Brazilians living in Japan.

It is time to take the first step towards the realization that various projects can benefit these young people who are the future of the Brazilian community in Japan.

Dates: 24 e 31/7
Escola Pingo de Gente
〒304-0033 Ibaraki-ken Shimotsuma-shi Horigome 1281
0296-44-6542

The Criativos NPO has worked for more than 10 years educating about HIV and STD prevention, supporting people living with HIV and holding workshops in Brazilian schools.

The project focuses on students, teens and preteens throughout Brazilian schools in Japan, the theme being sexual health, with the view on preventing HIV/STD and unplanned pregnancy.

For more information and pictures click here

The Criativos NPO has worked for more than 10 years educating HIV and STD prevention, supporting people living with HIV and holding workshops in Brazilian schools.

The project is focuses on students, teens and preteens throughout Brazilian schools in Japan, the theme being sexual health, with the view on preventing HIV/STD and unplanned pregnancy.

For more information click here.

INFORMATION:
NPO CRIATIVOS – Reference Center and Support in HIV-Dst.
TEL: 045-361-3092 (Mondays and Wednesdays, from 10am to 19h)
E-mail: consulta@vidadolescente.sakura.ne.jp

Elisa Iwaki

A NPO CRIATIVOS que atua há mais de 10 anos com tema prevenção em HIV-Dst e suporte as pessoas que vivem com HIV junto à comunidade, realizará oficinas em escolas brasileiras.

Este projeto tem como foco principal os alunos adolescentes e pré-adolescentes das escolas brasileiras no Japão. O tema a ser trabalhado é a saúde sexual, com viés da prevenção de HIV/Dst e gravidez não-planejada.

Para mais informações click here

INFORMAÇÕES:
NPO CRIATIVOS – Centro de Referência e Suporte em HIV-Dst.
TEL: 045-361-3092 (segundas e quartas, das 10h às 19h)
E-mail: consulta@vidadolescente.sakura.ne.jp

Photos by Celso Saito

For the next 3 months the Centro Educacional Mundo Novo will be taking part in a very special educational project.  The goal is to help Brazilian children living in Japan adapt to their new life in a foreign country.  Brastel Telecom will be a sponsor again for this project due to the success of last year’s “Entre Para A Historia” project, where we created a special edition Brastel Smart Phonecard to commemorate 100 years of Japanese immigration to Brazil.  Part of the profits from this card were donated to the  Education Project for Brazilian children in Japan.

Brastel Telecom hired one Brazilian student who studied in a Japanese school and is able to teach and support this project.

For more information about the “Entre Para A História” project  (only in portuguese) click here

Durante três meses o Centro Educacional Mundo Novo vem implementando este projeto, visando o resgate do processo educacional de crianças e jovens brasileiros excluídos do contexto social. Conforme foi apresentado o projeto à Brastel Telecom a redução do custo educacional para os pais e a reestruturação interna da escola, visando a contratação de mais profissionais das áreas de Língua Japonesa e Portuguesa possibilitaram o desenvolvimento de projetos interdisciplinares.

A Brastel possibilitou a contratação de uma estudante brasileira, formada na escola japonesa e apta para dar o suporte necessário para iniciar o projeto.

Para ver mais fotos do projeto clique aqui

Para mais informações
Centro Educacional Mundo Novo
Shizuoka-ken, Kakegawa-shi, Senba 403-2 T436-0008
email: secretaria@cemn.org
www.cemn.org

Global Kids Eclipse is an event organized by students of the new graduate course, Media Design at Keio University (Keio Media Design or just KMD), with support from UNESCO, SOI Asia, Division of Child Support, Education of Kanagawa and Brastel, which led the event for Brazilian children.  This sponsorship is part of the Entre Para A História Project, launched last year to commemorate the 100 years of immigration.

PRE-EVENT @ Gunma
A workshop was held in Gunma where children learned about the eclipse and created a drawing based on the theme “My Planet” they were displayed on the official event website.
On the same day, a time capsule was prepared, this is a very common event in Japan.  Children were encouraged to write messages to store in the time capsule, 26 years they will open the capsule when the next total solar eclipse will be visible from Japan

Photos by Evelyn Kuba

For more information click here

Este evento, organizado por alunos do novo curso de pós-graduação em Design de Mídia da Universidade Keio (Keio Media Design ou apenas KMD), com o apoio da UNESCO, SOI Asia, Divisão de Apoio à Criança e Educação da Província de Kanagawa e também da Brastel, que levou o evento para crianças brasileiras. Esse patrocínio faz parte do Projeto Entre para a História, lançado no ano passado para comemorar os 100 anos de imigração.

PRÉ-EVENTO@GUNMA
Foi realizada uma oficina na qual as crianças aprenderam sobre o eclipse e vão prepapar um desenho sobre o tema “Meu Planeta” que foi exposto no website do evento.
Nesse mesmo dia, foi introduzida a cultura da Cápsula do Tempo, muito comum no Japão. As crianças foram incentivadas a escrever mensagens para si próprias que serão abertas 26 anos depois, no dia do próximo eclipse total solar visível do Japão.

Last year, Brastel decided to give part of the the profitｓ from refills to a special event – Centennial of Japanese Immigration in Brazil – the Brastel Smart Phonecard will help support educational projects for young Brazilians living in Japan.

It is time to take the first step towards the realization that various projects can benefit these young people who are the future of the Brazilian community in Japan.

For more information, click here

Brastel patrocina projetos educacionais para brasileiros

No ano passado, a Brastel assumiu o compromisso de direcionar parte do lucro das recargas da edição especial – Centenário da Imigração – do cartão Brastel Smart Phonecard para apoiar projetos educacionais em prol dos jovens brasileiros residentes no Japão.

É chegada a hora de dar primeiro passo para a realização de vários projetos que beneficiem estes jovens que são o futuro da comunidade brasileira no Japão. Para mais informações, clique aqui

• Projeto Eclipse
• Projeto Volta a Escola
• Projeto Educacao Sexual – Criativos

Last month, Steven Allen, Regional Director of United Nations Children’s Fund Regional Office for CEE/CIS, Laylee Moshiri, a Representative of UNICEF-Armenia, Cristina Roccelli, a Deputy Representative of UNICEF-Armenia, Hayk Khemchyan, a Child Protection Officer for UNICEF-Armenia, and Hasmik Arakelyan, a Program Assistant Info/Com. & Child Protection visited FAR’s Children’s Center, as it is a leading organization of child protection in Armenia.

The guests took a brief tour around the Center, socialized with the children and took pictures with them.  Many of the representatives took seats on the ground in order to more closely associate with the children.  “Mrs. Mira Antonyan and her staff are having all capacities to pilot new projects in Armenia and to make better the lives of children” represented Ms. Laylee Moshiri and added “UNICEF-Armenia will further collaborate with the Children’s Centre”.  Ms. Cristina Roccelli expressed her readiness to help the Centre in establishment of networks in all regions of Armenia.

From left to right: Mr. H. Khemchyan, Mrs. M. Antonyan, Mr. Steven Allen, Ms. H. Arakelyan, Ms. Laylee Moshiri and Ms. Cristina Roccelli

Credit : FAR Staff

On the morning of July 22, the longest total solar eclipse this century was visible from a swath of Asia that began in India, extended over Nepal, Myanmar, China and Japan and finished in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.  A partial eclipse was visible from other parts of Asia.

Kawasaki Municipal Sumiyoshi Elementary School

Kawasaki Municipal Sumiyoshi Elementary School

Brastel Telecom was honored to participate in an event that aimed to share this unique experience with children from different countries and backgrounds to promote multicultural exchange. It provided a common virtual space for children where they could view images of the eclipse transmitted live from other locations in Asia, as well as participate in other real-time interaction based activities related to the event.

For more details click here

Brastel Telecom sponsored the event for Nippaku Gakuen, the Brazilian school, in Gunma Prefecture. This project was made possible due to the success of last year’s “Entre Para A Historia” project, in which we created a special edition Brastel Smart Phonecard to commemorate a centenary of Japanese immigration to Brazil. Part of the profit from this card were donated to the  Education Project for Brazilian children in Japan.   One of the projects that this Education Project supports is the Global Kids Eclipse 2009.

For more information about the “Entre Para A História” project  (only in portuguese) click here

For Armenian school children, “Verjin Zang”, meaning last bell, signifies the end of the school year.  May 23rd this year marked the “Verjin Zang” for graduates of the Hovhannes Hintliyan School, in the remote Armenian town of Kayan on the Azerbaijan border.  The school is sponsored by CARS (Constantinople Armenian Relief Society), which partners with FAR in order to gain access to expert program implementation.

Hovhannes Hintliyan School Graduates

Credit : FAR Staff

FAR Press Secretary Levon Lachikyan attended the graduation ceremony, and awarded graduates with financial stipends sponsored by CARS.  Mr. Lachikyan congratulated the 12 graduates, and wished them success in all future endeavors.  This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the “Nor Dprots” (New School) founded by Hovhannes Hintlian in Constantinople (Istanbul).  In commemoration of this occasion, Mr. Lachikian distributed financial aid to eight Kayan children in need, henceforth to be provided by CARS on monthly basis.  FAR’s ability to partner with other relief organizations is helping improve the lives of children in the most remote regions of Armenia.

We post a documentary on our activities, with  images of people and places of Kathmandu, Kavre, Timal, Chitwan. Projects  on health and education for Tamang and Chepang children. The film has been shooted by Italian volunteers.

As I told you yesterday, I was going to do a poll with you for choosing if I was going to make it or NOT. But this weird thing happened in school! I told my friends about my idea of “Prince Banks Education Project” and they liked it. So all the class I was thinking of the desing of the page, the themes and sections. I am starting the making of it RIGHT NOW. I am choosing the theme and the pictures… Want to celebrate the Prince Banks Education Project? Well, I am having a cool party in Club Penguin in the 2nd day of “Prince Banks Education Project”. The Prince Banks Education Project Website’s Blog-Roll will include links for websites that help you learn. Such as Scholastic! We will have games like: “Einstein!”, “The Speed”, “Puzzle”, and more games! We will have a weekly quizz.

IN OTHER NEWS:
Well, this is for my buddies! Sometimes when I say “Gtg!” it’s because I am logging into another game! And that other game is Poptropica. Poptropica is a very cool website! The land of Poptropica has many islands like “24 Carrot”, “Spy Island”, “Time Tangled”, and more! Here’s the logo: . I am getting in right now! Here’s the link if you want to play: www.poptropica.com it’s cool!

-Prince Banks

The UAE government has placed education at the heart of national development.

The country’s goal of becoming a knowledge economy, where progress is based on human capital rather than natural resources, fits neatly into that plan.

From the very beginning, this nation has prioritised education. 

The Ministry of Education was among the first federal authorities that were set up when the UAE became an independent country in 1971.

Today, the ministry looks after 280,000 students, attending around 800 public schools across the UAE.

The ministry has taken many steps to better manage this responsibility. To cut paperwork and time, an independent office in each of the seven emirates has been established to deal with local problems. Known as education zones or councils, they work with the Dubai-based ministry in all parts of the nation.

The Abu Dhabi Education Council, for example, has teamed up with private sector companies to modernise schooling in the capital.

The Public-Private Partnership for Public School Management was launched in 2006 as a three-year test programme across select schools, and will eventually cover all schools in Abu Dhabi.

Besides opening up school management to outside agencies, the ministry is also using technology as a reform tool.

The ministry wants computer access for every two students in preparatory school, for instance.

Meanwhile, the IT Education Project is another government undertaking to boost high-tech learning.

The IT Education Project trains students in 40 schools in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Жексенбіден жұмаға дейін:

Алматы – Бішкек – Ыстық көл – Алматы – Астана – Көкшетау – Астана – Алматы

The Electric Chameleon is thinking about OLPC chat programs.

There’s some great OLPC coverage from linux.conf.au, including photos.

If you’re interested in helping out the OLPC project, check out the OLPC Developers Program and some more details on Sugar.

Meddlesome posted some great links, including B1 pictures, and this fantastic size comparison (see left). Unfortunately, Google has yet to add a Thai to English translator, so I’ve missed most of the text in this post. OLPC’s Thailand initiative also has it’s own page. Some more Thai language coverage here, or add something to the OLPC Idea Pool.

It’s an education project, not a laptop project.

MIT’s One Laptop Per Child project – revolutionize how we educate the world’s children

Meddlesome also linked to the BlackBack web theory and AMD’s 50×15 project. AMD’s 50×15 initiative is a bold and far-reaching effort to develop new technology and solutions that will help enable affordable Internet access and computing capability for 50 percent of the world’s population by the year 2015. With the global population estimated to reach 7.2 billion people in 2015, there is tremendous potential for 50×15 to bring billions of people into the digital age.