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New Players and Graduation
November/December 2012

New Players and Graduation

New Players In Development

A boy practices reading and writing.
How to Get All Children Reading

People who can read enjoy better health and make more money. By developing skills in literacy, they contribute to creating safer, more stable democracies, and are able to more effectively serve their families and communities.

Textbook distributor Drakkar Ltd. is working to provide Rwandan children with books written in their native language.
A Helping Hand for Mother-Tongue Texts
Reading, a by-product of entertainment: community viewing of Bollywood film songs with same-language subtitling in Gulbai Tekra
The Bollywood Solution: Making Reading ‘Inescapable’
Indian children at one of Pratham Education’s “learning camps.”
Alphabet Boot Camp
Eight teams participate virtually for final presentations at USAID’s hunger hackathon.
Hacking for Hunger: Let the Games Begin
The morning ritual of testing and bulking the milk of hundreds of farmers.
Kenya’s Cash Cows
Parakuo Naimodu, center, graduates from the Justice Project training, with Caroline Lentupuru, a gender resource specialist with
In One Kenyan Town, It’s No Longer Just ‘Old Wise Men’
USAID is helping to reduce border delays for traders. Pictured: The Mwanza-Sobue Border Post, Malawi-Mozambique.
Breaking Down Trade Barriers Builds Up Commerce

Graduation

James Walden (standing) works with students in the design studio in 1962.
Laying the Foundation for Bangladesh’s Architectural Future: An Interview with James Walden

In the early 1960s, James Walden worked on a USAID-supported project to establish Bangladesh’s first school of architecture as part of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Walden, who now owns his own architecture firm in Stamford, Conn., recently returned to the school to deliver a keynote address at its 50th anniversary commemoration.

Computer-generated 3-D visualization of the pediatric clinic to be built in East Africa, showing the use of local materials and
Design for Development: An Interview with Skeikh Ahsan ullah Mojumder
A mural painted by the citizens of the Mountain View community shows their partnership and support for the Jamaica Constabulary
Community Members and Police Take Back Jamaica’s Streets
Carole Nyamoita, center, has known friends Elizabeth Njeri, left, and Cathy Magio since high school.
Kenya’s Virtuous Circle
Maryuri Arellano gives a health talk on adolescent pregnancy prevention.
A USAID Legacy in Latin America: Smaller Families and Better Health
USAID en Comunidad Emberá-Wounaan
Your Voice: Panama Stands on Its Own