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February 2010

Dear Friend, Haiti Relief What is it like to be an earthquake-affected child in Haiti? Click here for answers you can share with students. World Vision is responding to the impact of the earthquake in Haiti, airlifting emergency supplies daily and setting up child-friendly spaces. The Global Rapid Response Team has been deployed to the area to coordinate delivery of water, food and medicine. Learn more about World Vision's disaster response and ways you can help. World Vision Report: Listen to Aid for Haiti, for an on-the-ground interview about the relief effort. New Resource: Alive at Five A multimedia, multi-literacy resource for grades 7 to 10, Alive at Five: the Silent Global Crisis of Child Deaths explores why 8.8 million children die each year before reaching their fifth birthday. The resource includes five stand-alone learning modules addressing media, technology, visual, oral, written and numeracy skills. Download this free resource. Global Child Health in the Media is a web search activity where students compare media coverage of the H1N1 virus with that of the leading causes of child mortality. 1GOAL and Global Action Week: April 19-25 Each April, the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) holds Global Action Week (GAW) to draw attention to the millions of children, youth and adults who cannot fulfill their human right to receive a quality education. The Canadian Global Campaign for Education, in partnership with the GCE and the FIFA World Cup, is participating in this year's 1GOAL campaign from April 19-25. Curriculum materials developed by the Canadian Teacher's Federation are available to teachers who pre-register for GAW 2010. Youth Empowered 2010 Youth Empowered is a one-day student leadership conference coming to cities across Canada in February. The event equips students to develop leadership skills, learn about key global issues and discover how to be change agents for a better world. This year World Vision Youth Ambassadors from Tanzania and Rwanda will also participate. For more information or to register your student group, go to www.worldvision.ca/ye. Have you joined our Facebook fan page yet? World Vision Global Education Resources provides educators with bi-weekly updates on global education news. Warm regards, Nancy Del Col Global Education Coordinator World Vision Canada global_ed@worldvision.ca

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