Download AED's new annual report AED’s new annual report, Meeting the Challenge of Change, details how we are improving health, education, and economic opportunity to help underserved people throughout the world to meet the challenge of change with confidence. Meet eight people who are helping others better meet the challenge of change as a result of their work with AED. AED's Family Center Provides Information on Assistive Technology When information on any subject under the sun seems to be just a Google-click away, is there really a need for a project in which the primary product is more information? “Absolutely,” said Jackie Hess, the director of AED’s Family Center on Technology and Disability. “Every time we do a needs-assessment we’re surprised at the overwhelming demand for information about assistive technology.” READ MORE
Global Cooperative Efforts Address Pressing Education Issues In early 2008, Mary Joy Pigozzi, senior vice president and director of quality education, became the co-chair of the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Education, and a member of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies Working Group. READ MORE and listen to the INTERVIEW with Dr. Pigozzi, in which she explains the important role inter-agency groups play in furthering development. She also discusses the topics of HIV/AIDS and education, and education in emergency situations. PDAs & Beyond: Technologies that Accelerate Development Small, powerful computing devices are becoming more common, which opens up new possibilities in the developing world.
AED is a nonprofit organization working globally to improve education, health, civil society and economic development--the foundation of thriving societies. Focusing on the underserved, AED implements more than 250 programs serving people in all 50 U.S. states and more than 150 countries. |