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Forest Whitaker's PeaceEarth Foundation and UNESCO Juba launch the Youth Peacemaker Network in South Sudan

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Connect To Learn is a global education initiative launched in 2010. With agrowing portfolio of partners now on board, Connect To Learn was designedas apublic/private partnership to promote access to a 21st century secondaryeducation for everyone with a special emphasis on girls. The gender focusis dueto the challenges girls face in completing their education globally,despite theenormous economic and societal benefits gender parity in education enables.Connect To Learn aims to propagate practical solutions to ensure thatpeopleworldwide have access to education, providing secondary school scholarshipsandother support to keep girls in school, and implementing mobile broadbandconnectivity in the schools they attend to improve access to learningresources.Connect To Learn is a non-profit venture catalyzed by The Earth InstituteatColumbia University as Scientific Advisor, Ericsson as lead ICT partner,andMillennium Promise, an international 501c3, as administrative partner, andotherorganizations and individuals providing vital contributions. For moreinformation, please go to www.connecttolearn.org. Connect To Learnmultimediacontent is available at http://www.connecttolearn.org/media/video-library

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Youth Peacemaker Network launched in South Sudan:http://hugin.info/1061/R/1664686/540038.pdf

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UNESCO
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