Africa In Sight (http://www.africainsight.org)
Useful homework and ready reference site for basic information, statistical data,
and highlights about a country. Provides a quiz, articles, news, etc.
Civnet (New York, NY) (http://civnet.org/)
Website of Civitas International. An online resource and service for civic education
practitioners (teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum designers), as well as
scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, and non-governmental organizations
promoting civic education....Presents excerpts from numerous documents, articles
and reports on civic education, civil society; in English and French.
E-Pals (http://www.epals.com/)
Classroom Exchange K-12 ; allows user to locate schools in Africa which are interested
in communicating by e-mail in English, French, Swahili, Afrikaans, and other
languages.
Global Information Networks in Education (http://ginie1.sched.pitt.edu)
“The Ginie project creates on-line learning communities for education professionals
working internationally on the front lines of civilization..” offering
information on a variety of topics such as: “Child and Young Adult Soldiers
...Education and Democracy ... Education and Psychological Distress in Countries
in Crisis ... Education for Peace and Reconciliation ...Land Mine Awareness Education
... Programme for Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction ... Rapid Education
for Victims of War, Forced Migrants and Displaced Populations.”
The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)
Good site for school children.
Returned Peace Corps
Volunteer WebRing (http://l.webring.com/hub?sid=&ring=rpcv&id=&index)
Web pages written by current or returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations (http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/)
On-line access, until Dec. 30, 2004, to dissertations written from US and Canadian
institutions.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
The official site of the United Nations provides articles, reports, etc. in several
languages on all aspects of the initiatives and mission of that organization
as well as on the contemporary life, culture, society, international relations,
etc. of all the countries and peoples of the world.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (http://www.unicef.org/)
“Works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection,
guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child." Site offers reports
and information about the status and living situations of children in many countries.
Websites of U.S. embassies and consulates (http://usembassy.state.gov/)
Provides information on US government mission and services, and public and private
sector information on each country.
Welcome to Africa. No - the Index on Africa (http://afrika.no/)
Links to news, information, annotated resources on African countries. Sponsored
by the Norwegian Council for Africa.
Yahoo! search directory. (http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/)
Search by name of country, then under the category of “Education--Higher
Education--Colleges and Universities” to find mostly English language websites
of the most important institutions of higher education located in a specific
country.
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