Including the Disabled : The Chiminike Interactive Learning Center in Honduras

Including the Disabled : The Chiminike Interactive Learning Center in Honduras

In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the Honduras Interactive Environmental Learning and Science Promotion Project "Profuturo" was launched as a multi-sectoral effort designed to encourage and expand scientific, environmental, and...

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Main Authors: Pena, Maria Valéria, Brakarz, Barbara
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACHIEVEMENT
ADAPTATION
ASSESSMENT PROCESS
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
CURIOSITY
CURRICULA
DISABLED CHILDREN
DISCRIMINATION
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL SKILLS
FORMAL EDUCATION
GENDER
GIRLS
HYGIENE
INSTRUCTION
INTERACTIVE LEARNING
LEARNING
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEISURE ACTIVITIES
MEMORY
MOBILITY
MOTHERS
MOTIVATION
NATURAL LEARNING
PARENTS
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
RADIO
SCHOOLS
SHOW HOW
SPECIAL NEEDS
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING TECHNIQUES
TEXTBOOKS
UNIVERSITIES
WORKPLACE
YOUTH LEARNING CENTERS
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
INTERACTIVE EDUCATION
CAPACITY BUILDING
STAFF TRAINING
VOLUNTEERS
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
DISABLED PERSONS
PUBLIC AWARENESS
MANUALS
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTION
EXHIBITS
EXPERTISE
LOCAL OWNERSHIP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2540766/including-disabled-chiminike-interactive-learning-center-honduras
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10389
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Summary:In the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the Honduras Interactive Environmental Learning and Science Promotion Project "Profuturo" was launched as a multi-sectoral effort designed to encourage and expand scientific, environmental, and cultural knowledge and management in the context of Honduras' sustainable development needs and ethnic diversity. Profuturo benefits Hondurans by providing higher quality scientific education, improved environmental management, human capital development, and poverty reduction through a better qualified labor force. Specifically, Profuturo is a pro-poor effort to address some of the long-term needs of Honduras' education sector, the concern for sustainable environmental development, and archeological site rehabilitation in order to expand the country's tourism potential, especially in the Copan Region. Within these objectives, the project supports the planning, design, and construction of a US$ 4.9 million Interactive Learning Center - Chiminike - to be inaugurated in June 2003, when it will become autonomous (from the Government), functioning under the private Profuturo Foundation. Chiminike was conceived as an unconventional and non-formal educational facility dedicated to sustainable development. Among other components, the project supports staff and volunteer capacity building and the development of environmental managements plans.

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