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My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.
My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.


===Work at OLPC===
== Preliminary Research on UNICEF/other Partnerships in Afghanistan ==
* Blog posts (both writing and editing)
===About Education in Afghanistan===
** Afghanistan blog posts, including [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/25/olpc-af-a-time-to-learn/ one], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/09/olpc-afghanistan-reca/ two], [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/06/olpc-af-briefing-note/ three] --> Go through and select photos for Afghanistan blog posts
** Other blog posts, including XO 1.5HS, Indonesian laptop
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan/Background UNICEF/Afghanistan wiki page] and research, including foreign aid data
** Correspond with Mike Dawson, met with Matt and Salim
** Afghanistan budget research for Matt; spoke with contacts at a variety of think tanks and USAID
** Research on incorporating an NGO in Afghanistan
** Work on Afghanistan grant process, do research, create google docs, beginning to add information, met with Barbara for information
** UNICEF/Afghanistan memo
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal/Background WFP/Nepal wiki page]: corresponded with Nepal team
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti/Background Haiti Partners/Haiti wiki page]: met with Adam to discuss Haiti
* Working with/checking in on volunteers on IRC Chat
** Worked on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources#OLPC_Deployment_Stories Class/Act Resources] with Shirish
* Events: Conference [http://groups.google.com/group/tinygames/msg/5c7b77e6b3c204bd?pli=1 call] on education with tinygames (6/17), meeting on Realness Conference (6/17), call with Reverend Franck Boah (6/18), RIT Hackfest (7/8), MIT Media Lab (7/12), meeting with Salim (7/16), OLPC Conference (7/17)
* Twittering daily
** Updating microblog wiki page
* XO 1.5 HS teardown and photos


===Timeline/To Do List===
* [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_statistics.html#67 UNICEF Country statistics], including Education
*'''July 28-31st:''' wrote blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5HS, put grant application and SF424 up, continue working on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Nepal/Background Nepal wiki page].
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Afghanistan Education in Afghanistan] from Wikipedia
*'''August 2-August 6:''' Look at Matt's research request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan, email Nepal group for feedback and incorporate feedback, go through OLE newsletters, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Haiti/Background Haiti wiki page]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Afghanistan OLPC] in Afghanistan
*'''August 9-13''': work with Paul on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Fix_Clock RTC problems], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rwanda/Background Rwanda wiki page], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Ethiopia/Background Ethiopia wiki page], go through all five country profiles, add graphs, add information, and make them more uniform
* Notes from Matt's OLPC [http://blog.laptop.org/2010/05/11/on-afghanistan-1/ blog post] about visiting Afghanistan:
*'''August 16-24:''' home for vacation
**Half (52%) of primary school aged children are enrolled in school. Still, 50% of Afghan girls and 40% of boys don't attend school.
*'''August 24-September 4''': post tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working on and finalizing white papers
**In 2001, 800,000 children attended school compared to 7 million today.
**Schools must operate in “shifts,” the average being three shifts per day meaning that each child generally received only 2.5 hours of school a day.
**Teacher student ratios are often as high as 1:50-75
**Afghan children receive only about half of OECD recommended average school times.
**Close to 75% of teachers in Afghanistan are illiterate or have an education level of one year greater than the students they teach. **Building more schools, training teachers, providing materials would require 6 fold increase to education (over 1 billion a year) and would take 10-15 years.


===Summary of Last Few Days===
===What Programmatic Areas Is UNICEF Afghanistan Focusing On?===
During my last week at the OLPC office, I hope to finish up on the research components of my internship. I plan on completing the Rwanda and Ethiopia (work on Ethiopia Thursday and Friday) OLPC wiki pages so that they include a comprehensive set of information about the country’s education backgrounds, important education data, OLPC’s work on the ground, and a description of other development groups’ priorities. I will also return to edit Afghanistan, Nepal, and Haiti pages so that they reflect these changes as well. Finally, in non-research work, I have a few loose ends to tie up here at OLPC that I will work on Wednesday. These include posting tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working with Paul on RTC problems, and making a wiki page on country’s education statistics (although this may have to wait until later in the week.)
* '''Child labor''': In Afghanistan, 30% of all Afghan children are child laborers.To combat this, UNICEF is setting up [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_52282.html drop-in centers] where child laborers are able to learn in classroom settings.

* '''School attacks''':In the last two years, many Afghan girls have been forced to leave school following attacks, which have more than doubled on all girl schools. Although to a lesser degree, school attacks are also launched on all boys schools. While UNICEF is creating [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_53145.html community-based schools] to put more girls in the classroom, it is not clear whether they are helping girls continue their learning following such attacks. This is particularly interesting since they have a comprehensive [http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_education.html “Classroom in a Box”] concept for students following natural disasters, but not for attacks.
Once I return from vacation on the 24th, I will dedicate the rest of my OLPC work to writing white papers for these five countries. I hope to write the papers based off of my research findings, and share them with SJ and people involved in each country. There are a variety of people I hope to connect with for feedback, including for Ethiopia (Lidet), Rwanda (Julia and Rwanda Country Director Sam Dusengiyumva), Nepal (Rabbi) Afghanistan (Mike Dawson, Salim, and Matt), and Haiti (Adam and whoever else Adam can recommend).
*'''Female education access & literacy''' (see UNICEF Priorities 1 and 3 below). UNICEF is promoting community-based schools and is teaching community management committees about the importance of girls’ education and their role in making it happen.
It would also be great to receive feedback on my first white paper from a structural perspective by someone who has experience writing them. I will incorporate all feedback I receive and share them with the appropriate parties. At this point I am unsure about whether I will be in New Jersey or Massachusetts, but either way can work from the office or remotely. I will definitely stop by the office at some point before the school year starts.
*'''Child friendly curricula''' (see UNICEF Priority 2 below): UNICEF is making strides in promoting “child friendly curricula” throughout schools in Afghanistan. This model, which has been implemented in more than 50 countries, utilizes curricula that are specifically [http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_education.html inclusive and gender-sensitive].

Working at OLPC this summer has been an incredible opportunity, and after two months I feel like I’m finally getting the swing of how things work around here. I have a much better grasp of the organization’s priorities, both its own and what is looks for in international partners. I feel that my last few weeks here have been the most productive now and I am able to work at a more efficient pace. It has been wonderful getting to know the people here at OLPC, and I look forward to staying in contact with them once my time here is done. I am still excited to meet with Lidet to discuss her work in Ethiopia and explore possibilities for me to support OLPC there once I graduate. I would also love to follow up with Zehra and Shannon to talk about their work on the Middle East project and also about their experiences as new employees at OLPC. Finally, I would love to take SJ and Adam out to lunch to learn about their own stories and how they ended up at this organization. (Thanks for everything --[[User:Sj|Sj]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Sj|<font style="color:#f70; font-size:70%">talk</font>]]!)

==Educational Initiatives==

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|+'''Summary of Educational Development Initiatives'''
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!width="10%" | Name of Organization
!Investment in Country
!People/Major Projects
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|'''UNICEF'''
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|'''WFP'''
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|'''WHO'''
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|'''UNESCO'''
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|'''UNDP'''
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|'''IFRC'''
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|'''World Vision:'''
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|'''Save the Children'''
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|'''USAID'''
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|'''SOS Children's Villages'''
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|'''World Bank'''
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{|border="collapse" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;" width="95%"
|+'''[http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/docs/SOWC09-FullReport-EN.pdf UNICEF's] State of the World's Children Report 2009 Statistics'''
|-
!Categories
!width="10%"| Numbers
|-
|Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007
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|-
|Primary school net enrollment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007
|
|-
|Youth literacy, 2000–2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Youth literacy rate''' – Number of literate persons aged 15–24, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.</ref>
| /
|-
|Percentage of phone/internet users 2006
| /
|-
|Primary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Primary school gross enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in primary school, regardless of age,expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Primary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> '''Primary school net enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in primary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Primary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M / F) <ref> '''Primary school net attendance ratio''' – Number of children attending primary or secondary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative / survey data) <ref> '''Survival rate to the last grade of primary school''' – Percentage of children entering the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary school. </ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school gross enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in secondary school, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school net enrollment ratio''' – Number of children enrolled in secondary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age.</ref>
| /
|-
|Secondary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> '''Secondary school net attendance ratio''' – Number of children attending secondary or tertiary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref>
| /
|}


{|border="collapse" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse;" width="95%"
|+'''[http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=121&IF_Language=eng&BR_Country=2300&BR_Region=40540 UNESCO] Education Statistics from 2007'''
|-
!Categories
!width="10%"| Numbers
|-
|Survival rate to grade 5
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|-
|Primary to secondary transition rate
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|-
|Pupil/teacher ratio (primary)
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|-
|Public expenditure on education as % of GDP
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|Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure
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|Literacy Rates for Male and Female Adults Combined
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|Enrollment in public and private primary school <ref> The following four categories' information comes from a custom table which can be found at http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=136&IF_Language=eng&BR_Topic=0 </ref>
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|Enrollment in public primary school
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|Female enrollment in public and private primary school
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|Female enrollment in public primary school
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|}
List available data where easy to find; list but leave blank elsewhere.
* Government expenses and budgets
* Census stats relating to children (cf. Wikipedia's country template & World Factbook data)

==Notes==
<references />

[[category:OLPC interns]]

Latest revision as of 00:56, 25 August 2011

About Me

My name is Gillian Javetski and I am an intern at OLPC's Cambridge office this summer. I am a senior at Tufts University, where I am double majoring in international relations and community health. I took this past semester off to work at the United Nations Development Programme's HIV/AIDS unit in Geneva. At OLPC, I will be conducting research on UN and international partnerships.

Work at OLPC

  • Blog posts (both writing and editing)
    • Afghanistan blog posts, including one, two, three --> Go through and select photos for Afghanistan blog posts
    • Other blog posts, including XO 1.5HS, Indonesian laptop
  • UNICEF/Afghanistan wiki page and research, including foreign aid data
    • Correspond with Mike Dawson, met with Matt and Salim
    • Afghanistan budget research for Matt; spoke with contacts at a variety of think tanks and USAID
    • Research on incorporating an NGO in Afghanistan
    • Work on Afghanistan grant process, do research, create google docs, beginning to add information, met with Barbara for information
    • UNICEF/Afghanistan memo
  • WFP/Nepal wiki page: corresponded with Nepal team
  • Haiti Partners/Haiti wiki page: met with Adam to discuss Haiti
  • Working with/checking in on volunteers on IRC Chat
  • Events: Conference call on education with tinygames (6/17), meeting on Realness Conference (6/17), call with Reverend Franck Boah (6/18), RIT Hackfest (7/8), MIT Media Lab (7/12), meeting with Salim (7/16), OLPC Conference (7/17)
  • Twittering daily
    • Updating microblog wiki page
  • XO 1.5 HS teardown and photos

Timeline/To Do List

  • July 28-31st: wrote blog posts about Afghanistan and 1.5HS, put grant application and SF424 up, continue working on Nepal wiki page.
  • August 2-August 6: Look at Matt's research request about incorporating an office in Afghanistan, email Nepal group for feedback and incorporate feedback, go through OLE newsletters, Haiti wiki page
  • August 9-13: work with Paul on RTC problems, Rwanda wiki page, Ethiopia wiki page, go through all five country profiles, add graphs, add information, and make them more uniform
  • August 16-24: home for vacation
  • August 24-September 4: post tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working on and finalizing white papers

Summary of Last Few Days

During my last week at the OLPC office, I hope to finish up on the research components of my internship. I plan on completing the Rwanda and Ethiopia (work on Ethiopia Thursday and Friday) OLPC wiki pages so that they include a comprehensive set of information about the country’s education backgrounds, important education data, OLPC’s work on the ground, and a description of other development groups’ priorities. I will also return to edit Afghanistan, Nepal, and Haiti pages so that they reflect these changes as well. Finally, in non-research work, I have a few loose ends to tie up here at OLPC that I will work on Wednesday. These include posting tear down instructions, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, working with Paul on RTC problems, and making a wiki page on country’s education statistics (although this may have to wait until later in the week.)

Once I return from vacation on the 24th, I will dedicate the rest of my OLPC work to writing white papers for these five countries. I hope to write the papers based off of my research findings, and share them with SJ and people involved in each country. There are a variety of people I hope to connect with for feedback, including for Ethiopia (Lidet), Rwanda (Julia and Rwanda Country Director Sam Dusengiyumva), Nepal (Rabbi) Afghanistan (Mike Dawson, Salim, and Matt), and Haiti (Adam and whoever else Adam can recommend). It would also be great to receive feedback on my first white paper from a structural perspective by someone who has experience writing them. I will incorporate all feedback I receive and share them with the appropriate parties. At this point I am unsure about whether I will be in New Jersey or Massachusetts, but either way can work from the office or remotely. I will definitely stop by the office at some point before the school year starts.

Working at OLPC this summer has been an incredible opportunity, and after two months I feel like I’m finally getting the swing of how things work around here. I have a much better grasp of the organization’s priorities, both its own and what is looks for in international partners. I feel that my last few weeks here have been the most productive now and I am able to work at a more efficient pace. It has been wonderful getting to know the people here at OLPC, and I look forward to staying in contact with them once my time here is done. I am still excited to meet with Lidet to discuss her work in Ethiopia and explore possibilities for me to support OLPC there once I graduate. I would also love to follow up with Zehra and Shannon to talk about their work on the Middle East project and also about their experiences as new employees at OLPC. Finally, I would love to take SJ and Adam out to lunch to learn about their own stories and how they ended up at this organization. (Thanks for everything --Sj talk!)

Educational Initiatives

Summary of Educational Development Initiatives
Name of Organization Investment in Country People/Major Projects
UNICEF
WFP
WHO
UNESCO
UNDP
IFRC
World Vision:
Save the Children
USAID
SOS Children's Villages
World Bank


UNICEF's State of the World's Children Report 2009 Statistics
Categories Numbers
Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007
Primary school net enrollment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007
Youth literacy, 2000–2007 (M / F)<ref> Youth literacy rate – Number of literate persons aged 15–24, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.</ref> /
Percentage of phone/internet users 2006 /
Primary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> Primary school gross enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in primary school, regardless of age,expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Primary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M / F)<ref> Primary school net enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in primary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Primary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M / F) <ref> Primary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending primary or secondary school who are of official primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official primary school age. </ref> /
Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative / survey data) <ref> Survival rate to the last grade of primary school – Percentage of children entering the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary school. </ref> /
Secondary school gross enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school gross enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in secondary school, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref> /
Secondary school net enrollment (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school net enrollment ratio – Number of children enrolled in secondary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age.</ref> /
Secondary school net attendance (%) 2000-2007 (M/F)<ref> Secondary school net attendance ratio – Number of children attending secondary or tertiary school who are of official secondary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of official secondary school age. </ref> /


UNESCO Education Statistics from 2007
Categories Numbers
Survival rate to grade 5
Primary to secondary transition rate
Pupil/teacher ratio (primary)
Public expenditure on education as % of GDP
Public expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure
Literacy Rates for Male and Female Adults Combined
Enrollment in public and private primary school <ref> The following four categories' information comes from a custom table which can be found at http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=136&IF_Language=eng&BR_Topic=0 </ref>
Enrollment in public primary school
Female enrollment in public and private primary school
Female enrollment in public primary school

List available data where easy to find; list but leave blank elsewhere.

  • Government expenses and budgets
  • Census stats relating to children (cf. Wikipedia's country template & World Factbook data)

Notes

<references />

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