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Month: August 2011

A Special Report on John Perzel

Northeast: Former House Speaker John Perzel and His Fall from Power

August 30, 2011 charper 2

Former House Speaker John Perzel pleaded guilty on Aug. 30 to eight charges of corruption, theft and conflict of interest for misusing public money for campaign purposes and then trying to cover it up. Perzel, [Read More]

South Africa

South Africa: Young Fire Victims Get Help

August 20, 2011 charper 0

More than 15,000 children are severely burned each year from fires in South Africa. An organization called Children of Fire was created in 1997, to help child survivors. Dorah Mokoena was 6 months old when [Read More]

South Africa

Soweto: Schools Help Fight Hunger

August 15, 2011 charper 1

https://vimeo.com/27584232] High levels of unemployment, underemployment and homelessness have led to an increase in the levels of poverty and hunger across South Africa. Educators recognize that hungry children do not concentrate well. With limited resources, [Read More]

South Africa

South Africa: Escape from Zimbabwe

August 15, 2011 charper 4

When the sun rose on Feb. 7, 2007, in Zimbabwe, 29-year-old Velempini Ndlovu said goodbye to his wife, Thandie, and took his 3-year-old son, Keith, to preschool. His second son, Kevin, was two weeks old [Read More]

South Africa

Soweto: School Has Too Many Students and Too Few Teachers

August 12, 2011 charper 1

Imagine a learning environment where classroom windows are cracked, doors are broken, desks are vandalized, and bathrooms are dark and unsanitary. Imagine a learning environment where learners shiver in cold classrooms in the frigid winter [Read More]

South Africa

South Africa: Temple University On Location

August 12, 2011 charper 2

A team of Temple University students are working in South Africa with Professor Shenid Bhayroo of the Department of Journalism to produce a series of multimedia stories. The team’s reflections can be found here at [Read More]

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Soweto: Students Overcome Poor Facilities with Desire to Learn

August 11, 2011 charper 0

https://vimeo.com/27549826] Nghungunyani Secondary School is home to 714 learners–many from working class homes and others from informal settlements throughout Soweto. Nghungunyani is located in Tshiawelo, a section at the western end of the vast Soweto [Read More]

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Soweto: School Tries to Overcome Poor Funding, Theft and Vandalism

August 6, 2011 charper 0

https://vimeo.com/27342793] It was an early morning in the third week of July. The gates were unlocked to allow the students on the grounds. As the yard started to fill, the school became alive with energy. [Read More]

South Africa

Cape Town: Remnants of Apartheid from Yesterday and Today

August 3, 2011 charper 0

This past weekend, nine of us traveled to Cape Town for a little getaway from Johannesburg. The flight takes an hour and a half, which is very comparable to a flight from Pennsylvania to Florida. We [Read More]

South Africa

South Africa: Education Isn’t Easy

August 1, 2011 charper 1

School is a chore. This is an attitude shared by many young American students. Personally, I can’t recall being excited to go to school every day for most of my academic career. To a lot [Read More]

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