Little Aariya Goes to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar
Little Aariya Goes to Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar

Author: Renuka Natu

Publisher: Partridge Publishing India

Published: 2015-02-28

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 1482843625

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Every individual is a traveler at heart. It is evolution that has confined and defined our current existence. The mind wanders and wonders seamlessly. Physical travel is a mere extension of this wondrous wandering mind! Our planet is a mine of unexplored treasures, hidden away in varied surroundings against spectacular backdrops and amidst vibrant cultures. Little Aariya Goes to Kenya (and also in Tanzania and Zanzibar) brings one such multitextured wonderland to its readers, which is seen through the curious eyes and mind of a ten-year-old. The safari tales narrated in the book are based on real-life experiences of the author in the abundant animal abode of East Africa over the last four years. Every visit ends up in a new discovery, in a new learning, and in a new high, keeping the author wanting for more. There is no surprise that East Africa enjoys the highest number of repeat travelers, as one visit is never enough. Moreover, the informal nature of the native culture, the warmth of the local people, and the togetherness that you enjoy during the hours spent driving and bonding on the game drives makes it a true family getaway, an experience that is most endearing. It is only in East Africa that one can witness the largest game on planet Earth. Sensational, stunning, sensitive, and surreal!

Seeing for Yourself
Seeing for Yourself

Author: Eileen Kane

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780821334539

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This handbook provides information to help the policymaker or educator understand the research process in order to study problems and opportunities associated with the education of girls in Africa. In Africa, girls account for only 57% of the school-age population. They are more likely to drop out of school and to score lower on the examinations that determine their enrollment at postprimary levels. Research into the education of girls has the potential to improve their opportunities, and to raise the educational level of society in African countries. The purpose of research is outlined, and steps in planning a research project are defined. The discussion of the planning phase includes a discussion of sampling and sample size selection. Part III of this manual reviews the basic tools of the social science researcher. Literature reviews, techniques such as surveys and interviews, and qualitative research are described. A final section considers working with research findings and using the results. Appendixes present a sample research outline, an example data grid, and a list of some research instruments commonly used in the study of education of girls. Suggested readings are listed with each chapter. (Contains 36 figures, 50 tables, 33 illustrative boxes, and 104 references.) (SLD)

Language in Kenya ...
Language in Kenya ...

Author: Wilfred Howell Whiteley

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 614

ISBN-13:

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This second volume in the series is the result of research by an interdisciplinary team of international scholars, all with a particular interest in Kenya. The first part of the book contains a comprehensive classification of Kenyan languages, looks at their distribution, and studies some special language situations. The second part is concerned with language use, including the special status of Swahili, and discusses both the effects of urbanization and education, and patterns of bilingualism. The third part analyses the organization of language teaching and teacher training in Kenya.

In Search of Paradise
In Search of Paradise

Author: Dr. Manjula K. Patel

Publisher: Partridge Publishing

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 1543709176

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In Search Of Paradise is the saga of courage, resilience and resistance of the daredevils of Gujarat, India. The Kharvas, Bhatias, Lohanas, Patels, Baniyas and people from many other communities sailed in search of paradise when India was battling through severe famine and Cholera epidemic. Surviving the stormy seas, the attacks from the sea pirates, the attacks of the wild animals, the barbaric attacks from the natives of the then uncivilized dark country, through sheer determination, they settled down, trained the natives to the civilized ways and prospered. Sometimes a single Indian opened his shop in the untrodden upcountry, attracted and taught the ways of the world to the native people who were like unplowed earth. The author was born and brought up in Tanzania, taught at a girl’s school and is an eyewitness of the development of the country. She remembers how during the Second World War the German East Africa was attacked and captured by the British renaming it the British East Africa. The stories in the book are authentic and told either by surviving early emigrants or their family members. The author interviewed them and collected the stories during her visits to Dar-es-Salaam.

What Works in Girls' Education
What Works in Girls' Education

Author: Gene B Sperling

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0815728611

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Hard-headed evidence on why the returns from investing in girls are so high that no nation or family can afford not to educate their girls. Gene Sperling, author of the seminal 2004 report published by the Council on Foreign Relations, and Rebecca Winthrop, director of the Center for Universal Education, have written this definitive book on the importance of girls’ education. As Malala Yousafzai expresses in her foreword, the idea that any child could be denied an education due to poverty, custom, the law, or terrorist threats is just wrong and unimaginable. More than 1,000 studies have provided evidence that high-quality girls’ education around the world leads to wide-ranging returns: Better outcomes in economic areas of growth and incomes Reduced rates of infant and maternal mortality Reduced rates of child marriage Reduced rates of the incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria Increased agricultural productivity Increased resilience to natural disasters Women’s empowerment What Works in Girls’ Education is a compelling work for both concerned global citizens, and any academic, expert, nongovernmental organization (NGO) staff member, policymaker, or journalist seeking to dive into the evidence and policies on girls’ education.

The Potato Crop
The Potato Crop

Author: Hugo Campos

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 3030286835

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a fresh, updated and science-based perspective on the current status and prospects of the diverse array of topics related to the potato, and was written by distinguished scientists with hands-on global experience in research aspects related to potato. The potato is the third most important global food crop in terms of consumption. Being the only vegetatively propagated species among the world’s main five staple crops creates both issues and opportunities for the potato: on the one hand, this constrains the speed of its geographic expansion and its options for international commercialization and distribution when compared with commodity crops such as maize, wheat or rice. On the other, it provides an effective insulation against speculation and unforeseen spikes in commodity prices, since the potato does not represent a good traded on global markets. These two factors highlight the underappreciated and underrated role of the potato as a dependable nutrition security crop, one that can mitigate turmoil in world food supply and demand and political instability in some developing countries. Increasingly, the global role of the potato has expanded from a profitable crop in developing countries to a crop providing income and nutrition security in developing ones. This book will appeal to academics and students of crop sciences, but also policy makers and other stakeholders involved in the potato and its contribution to humankind’s food security.