The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement was founded in 1952. It traces its roots to China where, in the early 1900s, the rural reconstruction movement was born, inspired and led by Dr. Y. C. James Yen “Yen Yangchu”.
PRRM, a movement committed to the caused of the Filipino peasant, began as a small group of prominent Filipinos led by Dean Conrado Benitez of the University of the Philippines.
Established in 2002, GPE is the only partnership and fund that aims to strengthen education systems in developing countries in order to dramatically increase the number of children who are in school and learning.
In 2007, a group of university students became increasingly aware of the excessive amount of photocopy paper wasted by people using only one side of the paper. To reduce this waste, they developed a way to efficiently use both sides of the sheets by turning them into perfectly usable notebooks. In the beginning, these notebooks were only used by the group of students themselves, but it soon became clear that their production exceeded their need. So, they decided to use them for a good cause.
A toolkit for policy makers and young people with tips, templates, and frameworks that provide clarity around the policymaking process. Various courses for youth include; Improve your Employability; Health, Safety and Happiness; Problem Solving; Soft Skills; and Youth Rights, Civic Engagement, and Political Participation. However, there are also several courses aimed at policy makers.
In 2013, Kim Lim, Suzanne Ling, and Lee Swee Lin, fellow students at University College Sedaya International (UCSI) in Malaysia, were working on a project which helped university students find volunteer opportunities helping refugees and special-needs schools. Children from a local refugee community came to them for tutoring help in English, math, and science, but there was a high dropout rate for those students. They therefore decided to visit families whose children had dropped out to see where the problem lied.
Learn from Jeffrey Sachs about the key challenges and pathways to economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable – a.k.a. sustainable development. This course is offered free of charge by the SDG Academy.
The Age of Sustainable Development provides an understanding of the key challenges and pathways to sustainable development – that is, economic development that is also socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable. This course is offered free of charge by the SDG Academy.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights is an independent state-funded institution. Our mandate is to promote and protect human rights and equal treatment in Denmark and abroad.
The Asian Institute of Technology promotes technological change and sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education, research and outreach. Established in Bangkok in 1959, AIT has become a leading regional postgraduate institution and is actively working with public and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top universities in the world.
The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) is the oldest university and research institution in Denmark.