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Aljazeera features Peruvian Women's Action Groups and Soccer Leagues

Posted on Thu, 2011 – 08 – 25 18:17

A Woman Leader, Juana Estrada, trained by Future Generations Peru in maternal and child health, created a women's soccer league in rural Cusco that has the added benefit of bringing together older and younger women from remote villages to gain health knowledge and discuss shared challenges.

View the video on Aljazeera's website>.

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Forbes.com features Future Generations Graduate School

Posted on Thu, 2011 – 07 – 21 13:28

On July 20, 2011, a press conference on Capitol Hill announced a Microsoft donation of $2 million in software for non-profit organizations in Appalachia. The Future Generations Graduate School received approximately $70,000 in software donations to be used in public computer centers based in volunteer fire departments across West Virginia.

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Empowering Women Leaders Worldwide for Community Change

Authors: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
June, 2011

Learn about alumnae of the Future Generations Graduate School and enjoy select profiles of exemplary women leaders featured in this booklet. These women are leaders paving the way for community change in their home countries. Since 2003, the Master's Degree program in Applied Community Change and Conservation has equipped these women with skills in such areas as conservation, empowerment, health, and peacebuilding. These women learn these skills while living in their communities interacting with faculty and sharing lessons with each other during four one-month residentials.

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PC World Blog highlights the innovation of the WV Broadband Program

Posted on Mon, 2011 – 05 – 16 11:05

PCWorld.com features a blog article about Future Generations work in the West Virginia Broadband Program. 

Read the article below, or click to read the article on their website.

"Computer Centers in West Virginia's Volunteer Fire Stations"

By: Phil Shapiro

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West Virginia Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Date: 
January, 2012

For updates on activities in West Virginia, download this two-page fact sheet.

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Arunachal Fact Sheet

Authors: 
Future Generations
Publisher: 
Future Generations
Date: 
January, 2012

This two-page fact sheet introduces the major activities of Future Generations Arunachal.

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Term III Master’s Degree Residential in Peru: Tools for Empowerment

Posted on Tue, 2011 – 04 – 19 12:09

The rural Quechuan community of Pitumarca in Cusco, Peru, has become a model site and regional training center for health and integrated development. In March 2011 students representing seven countries learned from this success and Peru’s community-oriented health system as part of the Term III residential of the Master’s Degree program in Applied Community Change and Conservation. Courses in “Going to Scale,” “Food and Water Security,” and “Empowerment,” wove theory with case studies, field applications, and experiences from each student’s own community.

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Small Business Survey Report of Computer and Broadband Use in West Virginia

Authors: 
Emily Carlson
Publisher: 
Future Generations Graduate School
Date: 
January, 2011

From October-December 2010, the Future Generations Graduate School conducted a baseline Small Business Survey of broadband and computer usage in 30 communities across West Virginia. This survey of 248 businesses serves three functions:

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Computer Mentors Gain Skills to Spread the Benefits of Broadband in West Virginia

Posted on Thu, 2011 – 03 – 03 13:19

Future Generations recently led a series of three weekend training sessions for 40 computer mentors across West Virginia. Training, held regionally in Beckley, Moorefield and Flatwoods, focused on technical skills and community outreach.

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