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Disability Week 2007 celebrated by GCE schools in Bangladesh

Thursday, 29 November 2007
GCE Schools in Jessore, Chittagong, Dhaka and Comilla observed Disability Week 2007 to raise awareness about the rights of disabled persons. The key goal of the celebration was to promote an understanding regarding disability issues and to mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of the disabled persons.

GCE ILC visited by UK based Technical Education Team

Sunday, 04 November 2007

A group of technical school teachers in UK recently visited the Internet Learning Center at Sirajuddin Bidyyaniketon in Tongi, one of the GCE schools in Dhaka cluster. During the visit on 23 October 2007, the UK team led by Ms. Susan Fitch learned about ILC based GCE activities and expressed her interest in exploring opportunity for online based collaborative projects between Sirajuddin School and UK based technical schools. A groups of GCE teacher and students made a presentation on GCE Technology, Girlz Power and Journalism Club of the schools for the visitors.

Relief International-Schools Online lunches New Online Collaborative Project

Tuesday, 09 October 2007
RI SOL has recently lunched a new online collaborative project called Youth Connect Worldwide. Youth Connect Worldwide is a key component of the Bangladesh Global Connections and Exchange Program. Through the technical capacity provided by Google Earth and the GCE online learning platforms, the Youth Connect Worldwide, a combination of online and offline activities, is designed to promote
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Global Connections in Bangladesh Receives Prestigious International Award

Monday, 24 September 2007
Bangladesh Global Connections and Exchange program was recently awarded as one of the finalist for the Global Junior Challenge Award in recognition for its work on the use of new technologies in education and youth empowerment. About 600 projects from around 80 countries worldwide have taken part in the Challenge sharing the common vision that a better world is possible through ICTs. Sponsored by Municipality of Rome and the Digital World Foundation, a not-for-profit organization based in Rome, finalists were selected by an international jury and were invited to a ceremony including showcase of the finalist projects at an exhibition to be held in Campidoglio City Hall in Rome from 2 to 6 October 2007.
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The Global Connections and Exchange Project – Bangladesh is a project of Relief International - Schools Online's Global
Citizenship & Youth Philanthropy Program and has been made possible with major funding from the United States State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Global Catalyst Foundation.