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First Southern Sudan Urban Planning Conference Gathers Urban Planners, Development Experts and Private Sector

JUBA – More than 90 governmental, regional and local urban planners, along with development experts and private stakeholders, gathered here July 24-26 to help the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) coordinate national and regional efforts toward creating a modern governance system for sustainable long-term growth.
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	Dr. Stephen Schwenke, Creative’s Team Leader for Civil Society and Governance: Ethics are Central to Development Fourteen years spent in Africa and exposure to extreme poverty led Dr. Stephen Schwenke to rigorously question the moral dimensions of the disparity between north and south. He became an expert in local governance, but the moral questions persisted. (more)
	AFGHANISTAN: Child-Centered Teaching Helps Students Learn in New Ways At the Charmghar Khana Boys’ School in Shiberghan, a mid-sized town in northern Afghanistan, children are learning about chemistry in a very different way than they were a year ago. (more)
	LIBERIA: Night Classes Offer Working Teen Mothers Learning Opportunities Many teen mothers with limited or no education in post-war Liberia can spend their days at domestic chores while caring for their infants under the Liberian sun. But many are also attending night classes made available through the Accelerated Learning Program Plus (ALPP). (more)
	AFGHANISTAN: Creative Helps Boost NGO Capacities The opportunities for Afghan non-governmental organizations to fulfill their mandates is looking brighter. The Capacity Development Program (CDP), made possible by the U.S. Agency for International Development, is helping NGOs improve their internal organizational capacities. (more)
	SRI LANKA: Youths to Get Job Skills, Better Employment Prospects COLOMBO – The Accelerated Skills Acquisition Project (ASAP) launched officially in August with USAID representatives, including Mission Director Rebecca Cohn and ASAP staff, who gathered to herald the project that will help scores of Sri Lanka’s youth prepare for jobs through educational and vocational training. (more)
	LIBERIA: ALPP Classes Drive Female Enrollment Liberia’s goal to promote girls education is making strides through the Creative Associates International, Inc. Accelerated Learning Program Plus (ALPP). (more)