IDD Media Coverage

Find out about EDC’s international development work around the world from these local and international news outlets.


USAID February 24, 2011	For five years, EDC has helped the government of Zanzibar improve the quality of and access to early childhood education. The United States Agency for International Development reports on the celebration in which Zanzibar's Ministry of Education and Vocational Training formally took over the "highly successful Zanzibar Teacher Upgrading by Radio Project". USAID Partners to bring Innovative Training for Preschool Teachers to Zanzibar
PBS.org January 28, 2011	PBS' IdeaLab website features a new text messaging service available to listeners of Sudan Radio Service. Listeners can now laud programs, pan them, or ask the service directly for desired content. SRS Solicits Feedback via Text Messaging
Times of India January 20, 2011	VARANASI: 'Sa vidya ya vimuktaye' - Learning is the liberating force in human development. Following this concept, some Muslim girls like Tabassum Bano, Tarannum and Rubina of Sajoi, a nondescript village in Araziline block on Varanasi-Bhadohi route, are writing a new script of community development. Setbacks fail to subdue their spirit
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund January 13, 2011	YouthBuild International is proud to announce the launch of YouthBuild IDEJEN Rebuilding Academy, a major initiative in partnership with a highly respected Haitian non-profit, IDEJEN. Together we will mobilize 9,000 Haitian young people over the next five years to play a leading role in rebuilding their earthquake-devastated nation. Young people will work and be trained at 12 centers located in urban and rural locations across Haiti. YouthBuild IDEJEN rebuilding academy launches in Haiti
MaggieFick.com January 2, 2011	JUBA, Sudan–Sudan Radio Service has provided in-depth daily coverage of Southern Sudan since 2003, when Sudan watchers from Nairobi to Nebraska relied on the insights of Sudanese reporters from SRS who followed the north-south peace talks in Naivaisha, Kenya. Nearly six years after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in Kenya, SRS has moved its headquarters from Nairobi to Juba and set up an impressive facility enabling them to broadcast to the Sudanese people from the southern capital. “Speaking to the people”: Sudan Radio Service is now live from Juba