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Tämä teksti on julkaistu eri kuvituskuvilla: https://byyri.com/jalkapalloelaman-kiertokulku/ Kahdeksankymmentä kolme euroa opintotukea kuukaudessa ja junalippu kaupanpäälle olivat niin positiivinen yllätys 16-vuotiaille kundeille, että tasaisen varman passiivisen tulon tukemana tuntui turvalliselta rikkoa säästöpossu ja hankkia kausiliput miesten maajoukkueen karsintaotteluihin vuoden 2012 Euroopan mestaruuskisoihin. Vielä suhteellisen tuoretta “Huuhkajat” -lempinimeä makusteltiin siinä missä mahdollisuuksia tunkeutua EM-kisoihin ohi Ruotsin ja “Read more”
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The following is not a commentary on voluntary work in Uganda but on topical matters in Finland, namely the ministry of education´s initiative to help teachers “identify and dismantle norms, structures, values, concepts and operating models that produce (social) inequality”. Reflections on racism in school and government are juxtaposed for worse or worst (sic). For “Read more”
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Children of educated parents are a lot more likely to educate themselves, live a longer and a healthier life and end the vicious cycle of poverty. Poverty often makes long-term investments unaffordable. For example, my father’s big brother gave up on his education when their father got terminally ill to provide for the family. This “Read more”
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The unprecedented and very literally immediate withdrawal of US foreign aid will directly lead to increased child labour and marriages, teenage pregnancies and suicides, unless the gigantic hole their departure has left behind can be compensated for. Children fleeing war deserve appropriate resources to ensure appropriate protection – this requires seamless collaboration between governmental and “Read more”
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This is the first of a pair of posts, “The First Week as a Teacher Without Borders (TwB) volunteer in Uganda”, in which the topics “Keeping Uganda Great Again” and “What Happens When Two Elephants Fight” are addressed. The next cycle of the recruiting process for TwB is opening up 18th of March 2025. The “Read more”
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