The Partnership For 21st Century Skills in the United States has a clear mission. It aims:
To serve as a catalyst to position 21st century readiness at the center of US K12 education by Read more
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Choosing To Do Positive WorkThis section focuses on people who choose to do positive work that helps people or the planet. It also provides practical tools and exercises that people can use in their own ways. Toybank is a non-profit organisation that aims to provide toys to all children. It vision is a world where all children have a happy and healthy childhood. Below are excerpts from its Read more Kanchi is a social enterprise that works to unleash the abilities of the one billion people in the world with a disability. Below are excerpts from its website. You can discover more via the Read more During the past 50 years many people have focused on helping others to find or create meaningful work. The pioneers have included Bernard Haldane, Frank Parsons, Richard Bolles and many others. Many Read more Sheikh A. Turay founded Liberation Chocolate in Liberia. Below are excerpts from its website. You can discover more via the following link. http://liberationchocolate.com/ About It’s a story of unbelievable hardship, courage, horror, inspiration, Read more The video above gives a short introduction to the centres. Here is some more information from the organisation’s web site. You can discover more at: http://www.maggiescentres.org/home.html Background Maggie Keswick Jencks was the co-founder, Read more Madhmita Puri’s favourite words are reputed to be ‘I have an idea’. She translated these into action when founding Trash to Cash. The video above is from a talk she gave at a session Read more Adam is the Founder and CEO of Pencils of Promise. His original ambition was to have a career in finance and, after doing well at university, he set out on this path. Pursuing his Read more The term ‘Triple Bottom Line’ was popularised by John Elkington in the 1990s. The approach involves companies behaving responsibly in relation to the 3 Ps: People, Planet and Profit. In the video Read more This guest blog is written by Thomas Armstrong. He is a pioneer in helping us to see the strengths in people with different personalities and learning styles. The article is taken directly Read more |
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