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African habitats: forest, grassland and slum  
URL:http://www.johntyman.com/africa/
Category:Global Education  Natural & Social Systems  International geography  Countries of the World 

This study of three different habitats in East Africa contains Samburu images, photos of the Luyha, and the sound recordings all collected 1982, with updates using photos and emailed information provided by friends. The site contains pictures, video and audio resources, copyright free for use by students and teachers. Contents include: Introduction to Kenya; The Luhya; The Samburu; Kibera; Kenyan folktales; Kenyan country foods. There is a large amount of information about the people and how they live: food, clothing, shelter, family, transportation, education and health.

Apps for development competition  
URL:http://appsfordevelopment.challengepost.com/submissions
Category:Global Education 

The World Bank aims to bring together the best ideas from both the software developer and the development practitioner communities to create innovative apps using World Bank data. The goal is to find solutions to today?s development challenges and through technology and help tackle some of the world?s long-standing problems. You can examine the apps that have been created and vote for those you think are effective.

Caritas: Millennium Development Goals 2015  
URL:http://mdg2015.caritas.org/
Category:Millennium Development Goals  Global Education 

The Millennium Development Goals represent the basic human dignities and rights which everyone should enjoy. This website provides information, resources and interactive activities.

Education for Sustainable Development  
URL:http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/
Category:Global Education 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Education for Sustainable Development portal.

Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International  
URL:http://www.fairtrade.net/
Category:Global Education  Resource Use & Management  General society and environment resources 

The fair trade website provides information including fact sheets about products such as fruit and vegetables, soccer balls, child labour, and gold, and video footage of how the fair trade system works around the world. Also includes access to a free newsletter.

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger: Home  
URL:http://www.feedingminds.org/fmfh/home/en/
Category:Global Education 

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger, is a global education initiative designed to prepare and encourage young people, and their leaders and teachers, to become actively involved in helping create a world free from hunger and malnutrition

Global citizens for change  
URL:http://www.citizensforchangeglobal.org/
Category:Global Education  Volunteering  Global Education organisations 

Global Citizens for Change is dedicated to education and action for a better world. The site contains learning modules, personal stories from volunteers talking about their experiences in the field, activity-based, experiential lesson plans that can be used with students and adults, and resources for students, teachers and volunteers who want to find out more about issues of aids, human rights, cross-cultural understanding, conflict resolution and globalisation.

Global Citizenship  
URL:http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/gc/
Category:Global Education  International geography  Resource Use & Management  Society and Environment teaching units 

OxFam believes that Global Education should be at the heart of education. This site provides a rationale for Global Education, ideas to inspire, lesson plans, exploration of themes and issues, activities, images and artefacts.

Global Education  
URL:http://www.ptc.nsw.edu.au/Content_Common/pg-GlobalEducation.seo
Category:Global Education  General cross curriculum resources 

The Global Education link is part of the Professional teachers Council NSW and is funded by the Australian government, AusAID. It includes useful resources such as an overview of global education, curriculum links, academic articles, and 5 learning emphases: interdependence and globalization, identity and cultural diversity, social justice and human rights, peace building and conflict resolution, and sustainable futures.

Global Education (AusAID)  
URL:http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/page1.html
Category:International Studies  School education topics  Global Education  Countries of the World  edna related sites 

Global Education website of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to support its Global Education Program. Through the formal education system, AusAID's Global Education Program aims to raise awareness of development issues, and Australia's overseas aid program, with young people. In Australian schools, global education is a cross-curricular perspective that is concerned with understanding: international development issues and ways to reduce poverty, peace-building and resolving conflict, appreciating and valuing diverse cultures, languages and religions, promoting human rights and social justice, and working towards environmental sustainability. GlobalEd has information on various global issues such as health, the environment, peace and water as well as profiles of countries assisted by the Australian Government's overseas aid agency.