E-Trade
E-Trade

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The projects will involve schools all over the world interesting to participate in it. It focuses on children of elementary school from 5th to 7th grade. They will learn more about their culture and express it through handcrafts making, ballet, theatre and drawing. The Project will start with doll making and writing about the process of making the dolls. The other activities will follow. The project will contribute to enhancing education through the use of Information and Communication Technology and improving the living condition of the participants.



Title: E-Trade
  • Summary: Dolls for Computers and Crafts for Education: Students will research their culture to make crafts which will be sold over the internet to buy educational materials.
  • Facilitator(s): Cari_Mason
  • Country: Mali
  • Facilitator(s): Sounkalo_Dembele
  • Country: Mali
  • Facilitator(s): Nsozzi_Williams
  • Country: Rwanda
  • Languages: English
  • Student Age Level: 5-11, 12-14
  • Contributions: The Dolls for Computers project encourages it’s participants to embrace their own cultural traditions and the traditions of others, thus diminishing preconceived stereotypes about foreign cultures. Conscious of the precarious state of our environment, the project tries to contribute to the protection of the environment by using recycled materials to fabricate the project dolls.
  • Outcomes: Children will be aware of the importance of maintaining their own distinct culture, ß Acceptation of each other despite any differences, ß Students will learn basic business skills, ß Schools will have purchased computers with funds raised from sales of dolls, ß Students involved in the project will benefit didactic materials to improve their studies condition, ß CD and video cassettes will be made about the activities.
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