From Service Providers to Rights Advocates

256 Pages·2014·1.07 MB·English

From Service Providers
to Rights Advocates
The Changing Roles of NGOs and
Mission Societies in Education
Arne Kjell Raustøl (editor)

From Service Providers
to Rights Advocates

From Service Providers
to Rights Advocates
The Changing Roles of NGOs and
Mission Societies in Education
Arne Kjell Raustøl (editor)
Published by Digni, Norway, 2014
Copyright © Digni and Arne Kjell Raustøl, 2014
The book is designed and typeset by Frode Helland, Oslo. The text is set in the
typeface Arnhem, designed by Fred Smeijers, Antwerp. The cover illustration
is drawn by Vidar Flak, Bergen. The endpaper image is photographed by Kåre
Eriksen, Oslo. The book is made and printed in Norway by Grøset Trykk AS on
Tom & Otto Silk paper.
ISBN 978-82-93052-06-7
ISBN 978-82-93052-07-4 (electronic version)
www.digni.no
The articles in this book represent the views of the authors, not necessarily Digni.
Table of Contents
11 Foreword
Jørn Lemvik
13 Preface
Arne Kjell Raustøl
15 Introduction: The Roles of NGOs and Mission Societies in Education
Arne Kjell Raustøl
CooperatIoN wIth ChurCheS aNd LIkemINded NGoS
31 A Few Glimpses from the Struggle for Schools in the Congo
Jørgen Hardang
41 Intervention in the Educational Sector in Liberia:
The United Methodist Church and its Partners
Jonathan L. Kaipay
51 Restoring the Dignity of Marginalized Communities:
The Parkari Community Development Programme
Poonam Paschal
New pedaGoGICaL approaCheS
67 Cuba and Education: An Ideological Alternative
to the “Global Architecture of Education”
Anders Breidlid
79 Narrative Pedagogy in School Development Programs in Nepal
Helen Eikeland
89 Building a Culture of Inclusion and Communication:
The Pedagogical Improvement Project in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Lene Vårum
101 Promoting Green Education for All in Madagascar
Monika Thollefsen
VoCatIoNaL traINING
115 Vocational Training in the Context of Development
Lars Olav Bøe
121 The Impact of Tombontsoa Agricultural School in Madagascar
Jakob Vea
129 Communication for Change: Lessons Learned from Implementing
Four Master’s Programs in Communication in Bolivia
Kjell-Einar Barreth
a rIGhtS-BaSed approaCh
145 Experiences from Working with Inclusive Education in Vietnam
Luu Ho Than Truc
151 Inclusion – The Ultimate Goal of Education?
The Case of Deaf and Blind Children in Madagascar
Terje Johnsen
163 Participatory Education in the Context of Human Rights in Burma
The Human Rights Institute of Burma
179 250 Children and One Guard under the Same Roof:
Addressing the Rights of Mongolian Dormitory Children
Silje Ødegård
addreSSING the ISSue of GeNder INequaLIty
191 “Even with Higher Education You Remain a Woman”:
A Gender Perspective on Higher Education and Social
Change in the Toliara Region of Madagascar
Marianne Skjortnes & Heidi Holt Zachariassen
213 Training Teachers in Burkas and High Heels:
Bringing Dignity through Education to Women
in Rural Afghanistan
Karen Korol
the rIGhtS of INdIGeNouS peopLe
223 Bringing Education and Literacy to the Peere in Cameroon
Alvhild Vassel Eide
237 Schooling among the Guaraní Indigenous People of Paraguay
Rudolf Leif Larsen
245 Promoting Intercultural Harmony through Education:
The Mushuk Kawsay School in Ecuador
Rafael María Allacio Guasco