NIGERIA: Project Launch Called “Exemplary” by USAID Officer
March 12, 2010
NIGERIA: Project Launch Called “Exemplary” by USAID Officer In attendance were representatives from each of the implementing partners—Creative, RTI, JHU/CCP—and Nigieria’s Federal and State ministries of education, including State Ministries of Women’s Affairs, State Ministries of Religious affairs and USAID-Nigeria.... Read More
LIBERIA: Self-Adjusting Glasses Prove Visionary for World’s Poor
December 16, 2009
LIBERIA: Self-Adjusting Glasses Prove Visionary for World’s Poor Our view of the world and our possibilities are shaped by our ability to see what’s before us – literally and figuratively. Yet, the World Health Organization estimates that 153 million people... Read More
NIGERIA: Tests Show Jump in Achievement with Radio Instruction
December 16, 2009
NIGERIA: Tests Show Jump in Achievement with Radio Instruction A passerby at a humble rural school in Nigeria’s Kano state would have heard grade three school children singing “we come to make you happy learning, learning, as we go.” The... Read More
NIGERIA: 30 Percent Almajiri Students are Girls, USAID Study Reveals
December 16, 2009
NIGERIA: 30 Percent Almajiri Students are Girls, USAID Study Reveals USAID recently funded a study using the Creative Associates’s State Education Sub-Accounts methodology in Nigeria’s northern capital cities of Kano and Gusau. In a striking result, 30 percent of the... Read More
Stabilization & Development: Getting to Local, Long-term Solutions
December 15, 2009
An insurgency has been raging for some time and threatens to extend beyond its borders, drawing an entire region into conflict. The U.S. Government, led by the State Department, USAID, and the Defense Department debates how to address the situation....Read More
