EDC experts will share our experience regarding youth workforce development and work readiness in countries around the world. The sessions include the following:
EDC has received more than $1 million to prepare preschool teachers with skills to provide effective math learning opportunities for young children and build knowledge in the field of early childhood education.
September is Suicide Prevention Month. In observance of this, as well as National Suicide Prevention Week (September 5–11) and World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), EDC offers the following actions, resources, and events to promote suicide prevention worldwide.
School-based health education programs play an essential role in preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS—and they should be expanded, says EDC’s Ronnie Lovich. Lovich recently met with health practitioners and public health experts from around the world at the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa.
From 2010 to 2016, EDC’s Youth Employability Skills (YES) Network improved educational and workforce opportunities for over 11,000 youth in Macedonia. Notably, this tally included 450 youth with disabilities—a population that has historically been marginalized in the country’s schools and industry.
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Liberia, where she held a roundtable discussion with girls and young women, some of whom are enrolled in the USAID Advancing Youth Program, which is managed by EDC.
Despite the fact that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, suicide prevention programs in formal health care settings remain relatively rare.
Zika, HIV/AIDS, Ebola—when infectious diseases approach epidemic status, panic also spreads. And while Jackie Miller understands people’s heightened concerns about global contagion, she says that the panic ultimately does more harm than good.
