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Wednesday, February 9

Chania Project Update

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Below is a message from Headmistress Jane of Chania Primary School:

"Hello,

Receive greeting from Jane. I am fine and so are the teachers, parents and public of Chania Primary School.

The feeding programme is still going on and I personally express my regards towards the programme.

It has brought a lot of change to the pupils and the community at large.

The pupils are now healthy, neat and they can afford a smile – God bless you all. If it were...

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Sunday, January 30

Bisate Update

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From Joseph Karama, Bisate Project Coordinator:

"I will start this update with some great tidings from Bisate school. The words below came from the Bisate School Headmaster to the Karisoke administration. Kudos to the EACEF team for all your support to the school!

'Hello!!!!!!!!!!! Our success rate has been increased this year 2011!! 78.57% in Primary 6 and 94% in Senior 3 (Ordinary Level (Tronc Commun)). So the school’s overall rate of success is 86.2%. Thank you...

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Friday, December 10

EACEF publications go digital!

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Check it out!

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Friday, December 10

Check out the new Winter 2010 Brochure

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Tuesday, October 26

Progress on Bisate Phase 2!

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Phase 2 of the Bisate Project, consisting of renovations to existing classrooms, is well underway.

Joseph Karama, Bisate Project Coordinator based in Ruhengeri, Rwanda recently sent these pictures of the new building reaching the halfway mark.

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Monday, September 13

Bisate Project Phase 1 Opens!

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Official Opening of Bisate Project Phase 1: (See below for pictures)

Although the new classrooms have been used since the start of the academic year in February 2010, they were officially opened on July 23rd 2010. The opening ceremony was attended by the President of EACEF, Andrew Sugrue, the Director of the Karisoke Reaserch Center, Katie Fawcett, the Acting Minister of Education and Director General for Science and Technology in the Ministry of...

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Monday, September 13

Bisate Project Field Report

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SUMMARY REPORT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT TO CONSTRUCT 6 CLASSROOMS FOR BISATE SCHOOL THANKS TO THE DFGFI-EACEF PARTNERSHIP

Background

Group Scolaire de Bisate is located in Bisate Sector, Musanze District, in the Northern Province, close to the Volcanoes National Park and to the Karisoke Research Center field patrol post. It started as a primary school in 1972 with less than 500 pupils, and now it has 2,178 pupils in the...

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Tuesday, April 6

Ralph Byrns Speaks at GenerAction Week

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Renowned economist and professor Ralph Byrns spoke to UNC students on the importance of social action Monday.

Click here to read the full article.

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Monday, April 5

GenerAction Week begins, feature article in the DTH

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GenerAction Week 2010 begins today in Chapel Hill.

Click here to read the article in the Daily Tar Heel.

For more information about GenerAction Week 2010, click here.

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Friday, April 2

Sean Kingston to Headline GenerAction Week

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The Concert:

The GenerAction Week Concert will feature musical artist Sean Kingston performing live outside the Dean E. Smith Center on April 11th as the capstone of GenerAction Week. On the Saturday preceding the concert the UNC Football Team’s Spring Game will be broadcast live on ESPN, and GenerAction Week will be the...

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