EDC Update Summer 2011 (pdf, 3.9 MB)
Helping young people around the globe connect through the use of many different kinds of media; EDC’s work to educate girls and women all over the world; efforts to reduce HIV and AIDS in the United States.
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Students are unearthing the history and wonders of ancient China thanks to teacher training materials adapted for online learning by EDC.
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Medical interpreters help bridge the language divide between patients and healthcare providers.
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Drawing on a long history of evidence-based prevention programs and intervention strategies developed to combat HIV and AIDS, EDC plays a key role in efforts to ramp up prevention efforts by efficiently and effectively reaching out to the largest groups most at risk.
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EDC works with tribal communities to help them provide services and prevention programs for court-involved youth.
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A new guide from EDC teaches foster parents how to help and support children who are suicidal. It is part of a series about suicide prevention customized for various audience.
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EDC’s Norma Evans discusses her literacy and development work in Africa. “For children in resource-poor countries, literacy is social and economic capital. It allows them to participate more fully in society and to access better jobs.”
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Educating girls and women has been shown to boost economic productivity, reduce poverty, and increase per capita income. A number of EDC programs work to broaden girls’ horizons through education and skills building.
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Through a series of EDC-developed audio programs, Somali youth learn how to become financially responsible.
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The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development recently experienced firsthand the work of EDC’s programs in southern Sudan, a region long affected by conflict.
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Jim Vetter was recently in Vietnam to help train individuals to lead community-based peer support groups for recovering heroin addicts.