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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)
- 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
- Worked on Class/Act Resources with Shirish
- 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: post tear down instructions, work with Paul on RTC problems, Rwanda wiki page, write additional 2 blog posts on 1.5HS, make wiki page on country statistics (number of primary school students, public private distinction, gender gap) from UNESCO, Ethiopia wiki page
- August 16-24: home for vacation
- August 24-September 4: working on and finalizing white papers
Educational Initiatives
| Name of Organization | Investment in Country | People/Major Projects |
|---|---|---|
| UNICEF | ||
| WFP | ||
| WHO | ||
| UNESCO | ||
| UNDP | ||
| IFRC | ||
| The Catholic Church | ||
| World Vision: | ||
| Save the Children | ||
| USAID | ||
| SOS Children's Villages | ||
| World Bank |
| Categories | Numbers |
|---|---|
| Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007 | |
| Primary school net enrollment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007 | |
| Youth (15–24 years)literacy rate 2000–2007 (male)<ref> Youth literacy rate – Number of literate persons aged 15–24, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.</ref> | |
| Youth (15–24 years)literacy rate 2000–2007 (female) | |
| Percentage of phone users 2006 | |
| Percentage of internet users 2006 | |
| Primary school gross enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (male)<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 gross enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (female) | |
| Primary school net enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (male)<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 enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (female) | |
| Primary school net attendance ratio 2000-2007 (male) <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> | |
| Primary school net attendance ratio 2000-2007 (female) | |
| Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative 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> | |
| Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (survey data) | |
| Secondary school gross enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (male)<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 gross enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (female) | |
| Secondary school net enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (male)<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 enrollment ratio 2000-2007 (female) | |
| Secondary school net attendance ratio 2000-2007 (male)<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> | |
| Secondary school net attendance ratio 2000-2007 (female) |
List available data where easy to find; list but leave blank elsewhere.
- Government expenses and budgets
- International aid investments (focused on education; break out by country/org where available)
- Census stats relating to children (cf. Wikipedia's country template & World Factbook data)
Notes
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