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GreaterGood News
March 2008
Unusual rights
Did you know that you have the right to a name from birth? Or that your right to a basic education extends to adult education too? With Human Rights Day coming up on 21st March we looked at some of the more unusual rights enshrined in our Constitution and what they mean in practice.
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Bringing learning to life
Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor's proposed Youth Pledge aims to help learners understand their rights and responsibilities. For many, the pledge will be just words. Good teachers know that children learn best by experiencing the world around them which is why Mr Ngqukuvana wanted to take his Grade 6 class to Parliament.
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Your wishes for Trevor
Thanks for completing our budget poll: 78.6% of you wished for zero VAT on basic foodstuffs, half wished for better tax incentives for giving and another 50% wanted more money for education, policing and anti-crime initiatives. Some of you had other wishes:
"Education available for everybody, even if they can't afford it!"
"Zero VAT on books."
"Drop the vat rate by one or two percent."
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Change starts here
To affect real change, projects need to be integrated and driven by the communities they serve. Head of SASIX, Kirstin O'Sullivan, profiles an innovative approach to development which looks at the whole person, recognising that a well-educated child will not succeed if they are sick; that a healthy person may not stay healthy if they are unemployed and without hope.
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Good connections
- Active Learning Libraries is looking for Easter eggs to brighten the holiday of 300 disadvantaged children at the Toy Library in Gauteng. View request
- Benita van Wyk is offering to develop monitoring and evaluation systems for causes. View offer
- Are you a teacher with a dream for your learners? Register now with Teachers Dream
- Sponsor a rider in the Argus Cycle Race for the literacy cause help2read. View request View request
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