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: 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
Summary of Educational Development Initiatives in Haiti
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Investment in Country
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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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The Catholic Church
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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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1. UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2009 Statistics
Categories
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Numbers
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Total adult literacy rate (%), 2000-2007
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Primary school net enrolment/ attendance (%), 2000-2007
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Youth (15–24 years)literacy rate 2000–2007 (male)
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Youth (15–24 years)literacy rate 2000–2007 (female)
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Percentage of phone users 2006
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Percentage of internet users 2006
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Primary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (male)
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Primary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (female)
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Primary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (male)
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Primary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (female)
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Primary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (male)
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Primary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (female)
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Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative data)
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Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (survey data)
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Secondary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (male)
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Secondary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (female)
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Secondary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (male)
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Secondary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (female)
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Secondary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (male)
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Secondary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (female)
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