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Partners for Prosperity Resources
Education and Training : Consultants
| Baha'i Business Forum for the Americas (BBFA) (United States) |
BBFA (Baha'i Business Forum for the Americas) is a forum for those interested in applying spiritual principles in business, economics & management. Some of their objectives include providing support seminars, ideas on management practices, different spiritual principals to management and economics, as well as vehicles for sharing business opportunities. There are three main parts to this forum. The first is the Internet forum that provides an opportunity for discussion among those interested in this topic. The second is the development of Local Enterprise Advisory Boards that will serve as support networks. The third is the development of an educational/training process that will include the development of a curriculum.
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| BASED-UK (United Kingdom) |
BASED-UK (Baha'i Agency for Socio-Economic Development), located in London, England, is a non-government charitable organization that was founded in 1993. Their two central goals are the alleviation of poverty as well as the advancement of education. To further these, BASED-UK funds projects identified through a process of grass-roots consultation. BASED-UK believes that the true measure of development goes beyond one's material and physical well-being. BASED-UK is an agency of the Baha'i International Community, which has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and over a thousand social and economic development projects worldwide.
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| Bish?r?t Media Development Associates (BMDA) (Canada) |
Bish?r?t Media Development Associates (BMDA), located in Canada, is a not-for-profit social and economic development communications and media productions organization dedicated to the promotion of scientifically and spiritually sound development action and thinking. BMDA has two major aims: to offer programming, training, and technological support to people and agencies at the grass-roots level in using information, communications, and media technologies to promote social, economic, and cultural advancement, as well as to, bring to light, through (multi-) media productions, successful development discourses and practices. Part of Bish?r?t's mandate is to bring culturally and spiritually sound development principles and practices to light with the aim of informing contemporary development policy and planning at all levels.
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| Dr. Ethel Martens Center (Canada) |
The Dr. Ethel Martens Center, based in Ottawa, Canada, has been established to work on attracting individuals to the field of community based socio-economic development. They provide training and help with the development of necessary knowledge as a means of inspiration to become active in development work. They also work towards helping others develop a spiritual approach to community and social development issues.
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| EarthRise Development Network (United States) |
EarthRise Development Network is a registered non-profit organization that was founded in 1997 by business professionals from Arizona and New Mexico. It was established as an international vehicle for individuals and organizations working through values-based social and economic development. They provide guidance and training in micro-finance and community development, assistance in project design, funding, monitoring and evaluation.
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| EcoAg Organization (United States) |
The EcoAg Organization began in 1993. It now has a formal affiliation with EarthRise Development Network. Some of the aims of this organization are: to promote the evolution of community based agricultural models with an emphasis on both ecological sustainability and economic viability, to recognize the "dynamic coherence between the spiritual and the practical requirements of life on earth", to prepare individuals to become agents of change in the process of rebuilding agriculturally based communities, to facilitate the evolution of agriculturally based Training Institutes, with academic, trade and craft components dedicated to enhancing the quality of community life through service.
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| Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development (Canada) |
Based in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. A Canadian, private, not-for-profit organization serving the interests of First Nations and indigenous people throughout the world. Four Directions International is a Canadian owned and operated Aboriginal company with more than thirty years of experience in people - centered development work in North and South America, Central and West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, and the former Soviet Union. Four Directions International is the economic arm of the Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development. The primary focus of Four Worlds and Four Directions' work is capacity building of people and organizations for social and economic development at the community level. Four Worlds is best known for its culturally based, participatory approach to development and for its articulation of principles and processes guiding sustainable development activities.
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| FUNDAEC, Foundation for the Application and Teaching of Sciences (Colombia) |
FUNDAEC, the acronym in Spanish for “The Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences”, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that has dedicated over 30 years to fostering processes of learning, training, and development in the rural areas of Colombia and an increasing number of countries in Latin America.
It is best known by its two main programs—the Tutorial Learning System (better known by its Spanish acronym, SAT), an innovative secondary level educational system used by over 25,000 students throughout the Americas, and the University Center for Rural Well-Being (CUBR).
The “Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial”, SAT, is a formal—but flexible—educational program that arose from FUNDAEC’s efforts initiated in 1974, aimed at contributing to the progress of rural communities. The System has developed a methodology which makes it possible for any individual—youth or adult—from the most remote rural region to have access to a secondary-level education par excellence.
The curricular content is organized in 70 texts which, instead of the common practice of covering specific subject matter, are aimed at the development of five fundamental capabilities: mathematical, scientific, language and communication, technological, and those of service to the community.
SAT is made up of three levels, each of two years duration: Promoter, Practitioner, and “Bachiller” in Rural Well-Being. Each level is comprehensive in the sense that the graduates are able to carry out activities of varying degrees of complexity in their own communities.
Apartado Aereo 26540
Cali
Phone: +57 (2) 331-6001
Fax: +57 (2) 330-0938
Established in 1974
Email: info@fundaec.org
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| Landegg International University (Switzerland) |
Landegg International University is an international institution of higher learning, located in Switzerland, which aims to develop students' capacity to contribute innovative and transformative solutions to the changing needs of our complex world. Landegg Academy offers Bachelors of Arts and Master of Arts degrees, and is committed to providing students the highest quality education and to nurturing their ability to apply both their knowledge and skills to serve humanity. All academic programs of Landegg Academy are based on the philosophy of "applied spirituality", a revolutionary approach to all fields of study that integrates the empirical, analytical, ethical, and spiritual dimensions of knowledge. This approach is based on the conviction that true human development and civilization are only possible when scientific research and technological advancement is harmonized with universal spiritual and ethical principles.
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| Mona Foundation (United States) |
Mona Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to supporting grassroots educational initiatives, and raising the status of women and girls in the United States and abroad. The objectives of the Mona Foundation are: to support grassroots social-economic development projects aimed at: providing quality education to children, raising the status of women and girls, and community building. This foundation has played a vital role in the formation and support of many different projects. Some of these include involvement in the Badi School in Panama, EMPIRE Project in Washington, as well as the Tierra Santa Home for Abandoned Children in Honduras.
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| Mottahedeh Development Services (MDS) (United States) |
Mottahedeh Development Services (MDS), based in Maryland, United States, aims to provide skills, models and other assistance to realize the vision of active service to the larger community as an immediate and organic expression of Faith. Their mission is to assist and stimulate the spirit and action of service to mankind by the Bah?'? community resulting in social and economic development. They will facilitate community-owned social and economic development for the positive transformation of individuals, their families, and communities. They apply universal spiritual principles as a guiding force for sustainable social change.
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| Nur University (Bolivia) |
Nur University is a private institution based in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It is well known for its SED educational and training throughout Latin America. Associated with FUNDAEC and Universidad Bolivariana in Chile. The University contributes to an educational process that facilitates individual and social transformation through the development of human capabilities, fostering a dynamic coherence between the intellectual, spiritual and physical dimensions, for the establishment of a just, peaceful, and harmonious global society. Nur currently has 3,200 undergraduates, 500 graduates, and in excess of 1000 continuing education students, with teacher-training apparatus in 8 countries in Central and South America. Of that number 46% of the students receive financial assistance from the University through scholarships, discounts based on economic need, or work-study positions.
It has undergraduate, baccalaureate and graduate diploma programs.
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| Olinga Foundation (Ghana) |
The Olinga Foundation, located in Africa, is dedicated to the memory of Enoch Olinga who dedicated his life to the service of humanity. The foundation assists rural people and community organizations to make and implement decisions about the progress of their communities. This goal is to be achieved through learning about conditions that prevent people's full development, education of individuals and strengthening of communities, and application of moral principles for solutions to economic problems. The foundation works with volunteers to address issues of rural youth and develops and implements programs focusing on youth development, literacy, reproductive health and training programs.
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| SAT (Colombia) |
SAT (Spanish for 'System of Tutorial Learning') is a rural non-formal-education and development project located in Colombia, Latin America, that aims to provide young people with the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will enable them to become community leaders. The project is being managed by the Bah?'? Agency for Social and Economic Development of the United Kingdom (BASED-UK), and implemented by the Bay?n Association for Indigenous Social and Economic Development in Honduras. The SAT programme has been tremendously successful in other Latin American countries, where it has been practised for almost thirty years, and shows great potential in Honduras. The basic aim of SAT is to provide young rural people with the skills, knowledge and attitudes or values (honesty, trustworthiness, etc.) necessary to live and work in rural areas, and become effective community leaders. SAT is a non-formal secondary school education programme for rural life. The courses cover maths, sciences, service to the community, (in the areas of health, literacy and community organisation), agriculture/farming methods, 'descriptions' and 'readings about society''.
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| Soltanieh Educational Center (Brazil) |
This educational center located near S?o Paulo, Brazil, was founded in April 1984 and ever since has been gathering experience in developing and offering courses for the public and private sectors in Brazil. They have developed a complete course entitled 'Human Plentitude' that has been taught to hundreds of participants. As stated in their own words, the school's ultimate goal is to educate and influence thousands of people, especially educators in the context of 'applied spirituality'.
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| VIDEA (Victoria International Development Education Association (Canada) |
In addition to the events posted, VIDEA has excellent interactive learning resources for classroom use. These may be ordered by fax, phone or online at our website.
Classroom workshops on Appropriate Technology, Global Citizenship and Media Literacy are still avilable until the end of December.
Teacher workshops are also available for Pro-D days and may be booked with our Education Outreach Assistant, Elizabeth Wallace.
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| Virtues Project, The (Canada) |
The Virtues Project, based in Saltspring, British Columbia, Canada, is an initiative that began in 1991 to empower individuals and families to live by their highest values. It was inspired by the desire to do something to counteract the rising violence in and around families. Education is the key to transformation, but it must involve education that touches the human spirit. The Virtues Project is an approach which calls people to remembrance of the virtues, the qualities of character and the simple elements of spirituality honoured by all cultures and sacred traditions. It has been applied in a wide variety of ways which include: federally funded community development and healing projects in First Nations communities in Canada, programs with urban street children in Los Angeles, to restructure the curriculum and culture of schools, to enhance unity in , and as a tool in day-care centres, palliative care programs, personal development, and in parent education programs throughout the world.
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