Umubano Primary School embraces Library for All
Celebrating World Book Day in Rwanda always causes me to reflect on the level of access that children here actually have to books. At A...
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Jean de Dieu Dusingize
- Feb 22, 2017
- 2 min
Guest post: 'My mother tongue is a part of my life'
As the world is celebrating International Mother Language Day today on February 21 2017, it is a good opportunity for people the world...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Feb 10, 2017
- 3 min
Technology for transformation: ICT in 2017
Over the past year, the ICT programme at Umubano Primary School has developed rapidly. In January 2016, we had just acquired 30 tablets...
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Angie Kotler
- Jan 26, 2017
- 3 min
Education for Peace - what does it mean?
Research from around the world tells us that - without direct intervention - trauma caused to a community from any atrocity is passed to...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Jan 13, 2017
- 2 min
Strengthening the 'Kind Link'
The charity sector has taken a bit of a bashing over the past few years, and in some cases, rightly so. The misuse of funds and...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Dec 2, 2016
- 1 min
JaxMar Gallery Partners with APIE
A Partner in Education is excited to announce a partnership with the JaxMar Gallery in Rottingdean. Having met through mutual interests...
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hannah5104
- Sep 27, 2016
- 2 min
Peace Day Celebration at Umubano Primary School
Guest post from UPS's Head, Jean de Dieu Dusingize. Different educational stakeholders, such as parents, Head Teachers, Governmental...
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Angie Kotler
- Sep 21, 2016
- 2 min
International Day of Peace, 2016
Today is Peace Day, a day where the world is invited to pause and reflect on what peace means wherever we are and whatever is happening;...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Aug 19, 2016
- 2 min
World Humanitarian Day
"World Humanitarian Day is a reminder of the need for all of us to act to alleviate suffering. It is also an occasion to honour the...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Aug 12, 2016
- 1 min
International Youth Day and SDG 12
Today is International Youth Day! This year, the focus is on SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) 12: Responsible Consumption and...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Aug 9, 2016
- 3 min
International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples
Today is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, with 2016’s theme devoted to the right to education. ‘Goal 4 of the...
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hannah5104
- Aug 3, 2016
- 2 min
Guest Blog: Sandy's visit to Umubano Primary
Our guest blogger this month is Sandy Ramdas, a International Education Masters student who recently visited Umubano Primary School in...
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Amy Barnecutt - APIE Rwanda Country Director
- Jul 22, 2016
- 2 min
ICT at Umubano Primary
This time last year, APIE started tentative discussions with Umubano Primary about what direction the school wanted to take with ICT. In...
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Laurenne Ajayi - APIE Project Officer
- Jul 18, 2016
- 3 min
Human Rights and Education
In September, I am heading back to University for a Masters in International Human Rights Law. Very much settled on the LLM when I...
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Angie Kotler
- Jun 29, 2016
- 3 min
What makes a great teacher?
FORGET smart uniforms and small classes. The secret to stellar grades and thriving students is teachers. This is how a recent article in...
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Jean de Dieu Dusingize
- Jun 29, 2016
- 7 min
Umubano Primary School - Headteacher's UK Visit Report
From 15th to 22nd of May 2016, APIE gave me (Jean de Dieu Dusingize, Head Teacher of Umubano Primary School) the opportunity to go on an...
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Martyn Vandewalle
- Jun 28, 2016
- 7 min
The Wroxham School - Head of School Visit to Rwanda Report
I have been working with A Partner in Education over the past year or so. I had been Skyping Jean de Dieu, and we had been discussing...
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Angie Kotler
- Jun 22, 2016
- 4 min
Introducing ICT into the curriculum in Rwanda
It’s easy to think that ICT will be the answer to the problems in developing countries and that it will solve everything. In many ways it...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Jun 16, 2016
- 3 min
Day of the African Child, 2016
'More than 60% of Rwanda's population is under the age of 24, so their understanding of the genocide is shaped by their families and...
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Laurenne Ajayi
- Jun 8, 2016
- 1 min
APIE and Prospero World Event, May 2016
On 17 May, APIE was pleased to hold an exciting event in partnership with Prospero World's Cornucopia Giving Circle entitled 'Peace,...
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