Reading time: 5 minThe debate on a new Danish development policy strategy is underway. In Globalnyt on 24 March, Malene Sønderskov and Dorthe Skovgaard Mortensen constructively shared their thoughts on the need for an update to the monitoring and evaluation...
Just before Christmas, 50 project descriptions landed in the inbox. The sender: our partner in Mongolia.The texts describe 50 small projects that aim to improve the well-being and learning environment for students at boarding schools in Mongolia. The projects cover...
Locally led developmentOn 26 November, CICED and iiINTERest invite you to a debate meeting on one of today's significant themes among development organizations, namely 'locally led development'. As a warm-up to the debate, CICED NYT looks at where CICED stands...
Locally led developmentOn 26 November, CICED and iiINTERest invite you to a debate on one of today's significant themes among development organizations, namely 'locally led development'. As a warm-up to the discussion, CICED NYT will examine where CICED stands concerning...
(Reading time 3 min.)Across the world, migration flows from country to city. Also, in Mongolia, difficult living conditions in the countryside and the dream of a more comfortable life are driving people to the capital, Ulaanbaatar and the country's two...
There are many kinds of zud. And it's not just a very cold winter with lots of snow, as it's often mistakenly described. Zudis a recurring endemic disaster[i] with many variations, but what they all have in common is that it leads to mass deaths of...
Reading time: 2 min. A few days before the fall break this school year, CICED was once again invited to Ryparken Lille Skole to talk about Mongolia and Children's Ger. It's a wonderful tradition that began on Schools' Exercise Day...
The material for this article, which describes Mongolia's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, not least in relation to the education sector, was collected by the two authors between the end of February and the beginning of December. March 8. In...
"I don't think the people in the ministry have ever stayed in a dormitory, or they have to write wishful thinking. Because the standards are impossible to meet. We simply don't have the resources to make wishful thinking a reality....
By: Johnny Baltzersen, CICED This is the first part of the story from an extended visit to our Mongolian partner this summer. Over the course of five weeks, we traveled almost 4300 km to attend three regional workshops with local...
The first taste of school - five-year-old nomadic children in Mongolia By: Johnny Baltzersen "It's such a pleasure to see the children's faces light up with excitement when they receive the package of books, games, pencils and colors. Some children...
By: Johnny Baltzersen Students say that day by day it gets a little more cozy, a little more comfortable and safe. And fun. Living in school feeding centers in rural Mongolia, where CICED, together with our Mongolian partner MAPSSD, is...
By: Johnny Baltzersen, It's a cold time we live in, sing Kim Larsen and Gasolin' in the song 'Østre Gasværk'. This is also the case for the children at the Children's Ger in Ulaanbaatar. Literally. Winter can bring minus forty....
Johnny Baltzersen It's almost too cliché, but still: The new school year in Mongolia is well underway. From mid-September, Altanzul has been hanging in the pipe and above the keyboard. Every day. Hours and hours. Altanzul is the day-to-day coordinator...
By: Johnny Baltzersen, CICED, joba@ciced.dk There were happy smiles behind the corona masks as Children's Ger welcomed students back to school on September 15, two weeks later than usual. - Not all the students are here yet, says Saraa, Administrative...
By: Johnny Baltzersen In Denmark, we are pleased that all corona restrictions have been put on hold. Occasionally, we also hear about the corona situation in countries close to us, but Danish media do not report much on how COVID-19...
By Johnny Baltzersen - Of course, kids are homesick sometimes. This is mostly among six and seven year olds. For older students, it's more variable. Many of them often prefer to stay at school, even if they can go home...
By: Johnny Baltzersen It could be better. With COVID-19 in Mongolia. But there is hope. We have previously described how the country kept the infection down throughout 2020, with very few cases and no deaths recorded. Schools and universities have...
By Johnny Baltzersen 'It felt like the first day of school on September 1, when I came back to school on the 1st. March 1. It was great to be with my family, but I missed all the other students...
Despite corona and biting winter cold. The materials have to go! The 5-year-old nomadic children should have a good start to school this summer. Mongolian teachers on the steppes are resourceful and resilient. A picture is worth a thousand words,...
By: Johnny Baltzersen It's familiar. You're looking for something specific and discover something completely unexpected along the way. A few days ago, I was searching the internet for data and stories that could help shed light on CICED's slogan 'better...
It's becoming trivial to remind people that 2020 was an exceptional year. But we can't get enough of remembering and recognizing all those who have gone the extra mile during the coronavirus outbreak. The staff at Children's Ger are among...
It has taken its time. Getting off the beaten track. Corona was - and is - in the way. But when you do succeed, the joy is great. Watch this shortvideo of an exuberantly happy 5-year-old boy in a nomadic...
By Johnny Baltzersen, Chair, CICED September 1 is the start of school in Mongolia. New students in first grade bring flowers for the teacher. Others are just happy to see their friends again after a long summer vacation. This year,...
Corona no obstacle for gifts The children taken to bed. Literally. In some cases. This is what Saraa and Tungaa from Children's Ger write after a wonderful International Children's Day. June 1. There's always a party at Children's Ger on...
Recently, we told you about the children in the Children's Ger in Mongolia who can't get out and don't have much indoor recreation. We encouraged you to make a donation so that Children's Ger teachers Saraa and Tunga could celebrate...
By: Johnny Baltzersen, CICED 'We visit the children every week. Then they get new homework and corrected homework assignments back, and we talk to them about how they're doing and see if they need extra help,' Saraa and Tunga tell...
by Johnny Baltzersen, CICED chair. The kick-off conference for the Better School Start-Better School Life project in Mongolia was in early November 2019. Over two hundred participants from 63 rural areas attended, along with representatives from the Mongolian Ministry of...
By: Johnny Baltzersen, CICED CICED has started a new project in Mongolia. This new joint MAPSSD-CICED project has two main goals: - One, to support home-based early childhood education for children of pastoralist families. Children who have no opportunities of...
By: Johnny Baltzersen, CICED It is believed that nomadic children in Mongolia grow up with mutton and noodle soup as their daily diet and arul (dried milk product) as the main sweets. But apparently that was in the good old...
Hvordan kan vi arbejde med og blive bedre til at sikre udvikling, der er forankret lokalt? Mange frivillige organisationer og NGO’er samarbejder tæt med lokale organisationer og samfund i det globale syd for at forbedre levevilkår, fremme rettigheder og meget mere.
Men at arbejde ’nedefra og op’ og have et ’deltagerorienteret’ fokus har også nogle faldgruber, som kan forhindre de gode intentioner i at blive fuldt ud realiseret.
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