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Creative Science Center
…a UK-based center stimulating enthusiasm for science in young people through providing ideas, resources and supervision enabling students to create experiments for themselves…

Creativite Solidarite 5
at the crossroads of development and economics, CS5 Creativity & Solidarity aims to initiate, support and promote international solidarity initiatives by seeking creative solutions, implementing mutually beneficial partnerships and designing information material CS5 supports companies’ and organizations' international solidarity projects....

Ethnokids
is a network gathering french-speaking and french-learning students (7 to 18) all over the world. Teachers participating to this website are proposed pedagogical tools based upon ethnography, i.e. observation and study of the everyday life. Together with the children, they gather documents (texts, pictures, drawings, etc.) about their schools, neighbourhoods, houses, celebrations, leisure time, etc. The best way to learn French by discovering a variety of ways of life described by children living in Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Facing History and Ourselves
is based on the belief that education in a democracy must be what Alexis de Tocqueville called "an apprenticeship in liberty." Facing History helps students find meaning in the past and recognize the need for participation and responsible decision making.

Global Nomads
is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting global education through videoconferencing and interactive broadcasting. We partner with educators to conduct collaborative learning projects that encourage cross-cultural dialogue and reflections on the global issues that affect our lives.

International Child Art Foundation
a Washington, DC based nonprofit organization, ICAF prepares children for a creative and cooperative future through art and creativity programs for 8 to 12 year olds and Peace Through Art programs for teenager.

 IEARN (International Education and Resource Network)
iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is a non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. iEARN is currently active in over 4,000 schools in nearly 100 countries.

La Main á la Páte
initiated by the French Physics Nobel Prize winner Georges Charpak, this project's purpose is to change the way experimental sciences are taught and learned in primary school. Through observation, experimentation, manipulation, confrontation and discussion of ideas, this project gets children involved with real science from their pre-school years.

MILSET (International Movement of Science and Technology Hobbyists)
helps international cooperation and peace, by practicing Science and Technology (Science clubs, Expo-Science, etc) in a spirit of respect, understanding and solidarity

NASA Education Program
is an investment in America's future. Our activities contributing to the achievement of the Nation's science and technology goals and priorities one of which is: "Educational Excellence: We involve the education community in our endeavors to inspire America's students, create learning opportunities, and enlighten inquisitive minds."

Pathfinder Foundation

is a non-profit organization focused on education in Africa with three main goals: to strengthen science and technology education, to create an environment suitable for learning and to implement gender sensitive educational programs.

UNICEF
Teachers Talking About Learning
a learner-centered Web site produced and sponsored by UNICEF to support the professional development of Majority World teachers.

UNICEF
Voices of Youth (VOY) 
is an internet site created by UNICEF for young people who want to know more, do more and say more about the world. It's an invitation to discuss how this world can become a place where the rights of every child are protected, that is, the right to live in peace, to have decent shelter, to be healthy and well-nourished, to have clean water, to play, to go to school, and to be protected from violence, abuse and exploitation.

Vega Science Trust 
a not-for-profit educational organization which enables scientists and engineers to communicate directly on issues that excite and concern them, using the powerful outreach opportunities afforded by the Internet and TV.

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