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Refugees Discover Online Education to Change Their Futures
By Good News Network Sunday, April 22, 2012
Recently, there has been a growing recognition of the benefits that higher education can bring to refugees, and to countries like Afghanistan, Somalia and the DRC which will require a new generation of teachers and other professionals when peace finally comes.
A program is now making use of internet technologies and partnerships with academic institutions to reach a large number of refugees through distance learning at no cost, and effect future generations of learners in the process.
(READ the article from IRIN)
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