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Mozambique Alive - Teachers & Students - Schedule
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We are as one (breaking the ice)
Provided students the opportunity to share their community and cultures
with their international peers through song, dance or by showing objects
of cultural significance. (Followed by a question and answer period.) |
Thursday
March 23, 2006 |
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What are our similarities, what are our differences?
The second videoconference was a continuation of the first session dedicated
to learning about each other's cultures. (Followed by a question and answer
period.) |
Friday
March 24, 2006
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Community Development in Maputo
GNG broadcast remotely from Maputo, where youth growing up in a local garbage
dump have been rescued through a program called FUTESCOLA. Participants
met Armando Inroga, the founder of FUTESCOLA; Tracy Perreault from another
non-profit, Right to Play; and also heard from the youth that were rescued.
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Tuesday
March 28, 2006
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An 18th Century Cathedral, a Pot and a Pan
The fourth videoconference was devoted to learning about the town of Inhambane,
the capital of Inhambane province. We gained insight into the culture by
looking at local household goods, visiting a busy market place and exploring
a beautiful 18th century cathedral that still stands. |
Friday
March 31, 2006 |
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Independence and Civil War
Students in the US presented the US civil war and independence, and Mozambican
students talked about Mozambican independence from the Portuguese and the
civil war that ensued up to the early 1990s. |
Monday
April 3, 2006
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Gender Issues I
In the spirit of International Women's Day (March 8), we produced a remote
broadcast from a non-governmental organization (NGO) working to improve
life for Mozambican women. Students learned about the different challenges
women in the country face, and the initiatives that exist to help them. |
Wednesday
April 5, 2006 |
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Gender Issues II
We facilitated a discussion between Mozambican and American participants
around the topic of gender issues with an expert from UNFPA, the United
Nations Population Fund (http://www.unfpa.org/).
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Thursday
April 6, 2006 |
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A Wild Elephant? No, Many Wild Elephants
A look at Mozambican beauty through the country’s wildlife. |
Monday
April 10, 2006
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What have we Learned? Solutions and Collaboration
Summary of all the broadcasts. How can students sustain their friendship?
Methods were discussed on how to collaborate on a project addressing one
of the issues students were exposed to. |
Wednesday
April 12, 2006
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