User:GJavetski

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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)
    • 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
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


1. UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2009 Statistics
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 – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Youth (15–24 years)literacy rate 2000–2007 (female) <ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Percentage of phone users 2006 <ref>International Telecommunications Union, Geneva </ref>
Percentage of internet users 2006 <ref>International Telecommunications Union, Geneva </ref>
Primary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Primary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (female)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Primary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Primary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (female)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Primary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) </ref>
Primary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (female)<ref> Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) </ref>
Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (administrative data)<ref> Administrative data: UIS, survey data: DHS and MICS.</ref>
Survival rate to last primary grade (%) 2000–2007 (survey data)<ref> Administrative data: UIS, survey data: DHS and MICS.</ref>
Secondary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Secondary school enrollment ratio gross 2000-2007 (female)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Secondary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Secondary school enrollment ratio net 2000-2007 (female)<ref> Youth literacy – UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) </ref>
Secondary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (male)<ref> Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) </ref>
Secondary school attendance ratio net 2000-2007 (female) <ref> Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) </ref>


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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