The executive director of Canadian Parents for French, a group advocating for increased French second-language learning in schools, said the provincial government’s new French second-language education plan can’t even be considered immersion. Under the new plan, which will come into effect next September, kindergarten and Grade 1 students will spend half the day “engaged in exploratory learning in French,” according to the government’s press release.Children in grades 6,7 and 8 will spend 40 per cent of the day learning school subjects in French.“Fifty per cent French is not immersion. The (education) minister is misleading New Brunswickers when he calls this…
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The Gambia, Ghana, and Guinea-Bissau join the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA)WASHINGTON, December 15, 2022 – Populations at immediate risk from coastal erosion, flooding and pollution, and people depending on agroindustry and tourism along the coastlines in The Gambia, Ghana, and Guinea-Bissau will benefit from the West Africa Coastal Areas Resilience Investment Project (WACA ResIP 2), approved today for a total amount of $246 million in International Development Association (IDA)* financing, including a $5 million PROBLUE grant.This second WACA project includes a grant to the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) to coordinate regional organizations in improving…
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, from December 13-15 in Washington DC, highlighted the U.S. commitment to expanding and deepening our partnership with African countries, institutions, and people. Our world is quickly changing, and U.S. engagement in Africa must evolve accordingly. African leadership and contributions are essential to addressing today’s pressing challenges and achieving shared priorities. The Biden-Harris Administration is deepening longstanding areas of cooperation while revitalizing and expanding our partnership to better meet the shared challenges and opportunities of our era. On December 15, the U.S. and African Union delegations released a Vision Statement outlining the contours of this strengthened partnership.At…
By Laura Camper / [email protected] Local schools and United Bank teamed up once again to raise money for Ferst Readers of Coweta County. This is the 15th year of the Childhood Literacy Coin Drive in the Coweta County School System schools. The schools raised a total of $20,898 for Ferst Readers of Coweta County this year through donations and fundraisers. At Brooks Elementary, which brought in the biggest donation of all the Coweta County elementary schools, the students participated in pajama days to raise money. The students could donate a couple of dollars and wear pajamas to school that day.…
Issued on: 15/12/2022 – 22:52 Washington (AFP) – The United States is committing support to promote sustainable safaris in Africa, hoping to prevent environmental destruction as the tourism sector recovers, officials said Thursday. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) made the announcement at a three-day summit that brought nearly 50 African leaders in Washington.The nascent Africa Conservation and Communities Tourism Fund, led by investors and conservationists, aims to raise $75 million to fund safari operators across the continent.USAID said it was committing $2.5 million to reduce risks and jumpstart the fund, which it estimated would benefit 44,000 people.The fund…
The awards, the success, all the ‘number ones’, or the thousands of records sold worldwide don’t really matter. In the end, the only thing that matters is love. Feeling loved, supported, protected, and cared for, and in the Estefan household, there is an abundance of that. Happiness fills their family life, and it’s not a marketing gimmick or a common Latin tradition. Quite the opposite, this family is genuinely close, making them stronger, as it hasn’t always been easy.©Estefan EnterprisesChristmas with the Estefans HOLA! USA Digital CoverIt wasn’t like in most movies that follow a hero’s or a heroine’s journey,…
The Indianapolis Children’s Choir joined us Thursday on ” joined us Thursday on “Life.Style.Live!” along with Joshua Pedde, artistic director for the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. They performed “We Need a Little Christmas” and “I Wish You Christmas.” The Indianapolis Children’s Choir has four upcoming holiday performances happening from December 16-18, 2022. These concerts give the Indianapolis community the chance to experience the tradition of choral music performed by singers as young as kindergarten, and as old as alumni of the ICC from its founding year. Each concert will be presented at the architecturally stunning Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, with…
Welsh speaking Ben Pittaway is crafting a promising career for himself in the construction industry with an Apprenticeship in Carpentry. Ben, 21, from Port Talbot, gained experience as a plasterer after leaving school but soon decided he was better suited to carpentry and was taken on by D. C. Carpentry and Joinery in the town more than two years ago. Welsh Apprenticeship Ambassador Ben Pittaway enjoys his job as an apprentice carpenter. He is now working towards a bilingual Level 3 Apprenticeship in Site Carpentry through City & Guilds, delivered by Pathways Training at NPTC Group of Colleges in Swansea.…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The president of South Africa is fighting for his political future amid an unfolding scandal that has tainted his reputation as an anti-apartheid icon once widely admired for tackling the problems of Africa’s most developed economy. Cyril Ramaphosa, 70, says he’s innocent of charges that he hid at least $580,000 in a sofa at his game ranch. He’s accused of not registering the money with authorities, and when it was stolen not reporting the theft to police, in order to avoid questions about how he got the U.S. dollars. WATCH: Biden tells African leaders the U.S. is…
CNN — President Joe Biden hailed cooperation with Africa and said he looked forward to visiting the continent soon as he endeavors to expand ties in a region where China and Russia have been making inroads. Speaking at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, Biden announced billions of dollars in new commitments on financing and bolstering democracy, and affirmed he supported a permanent seat for the African Union at the Group of 20. He sought to dissuade the impression his promises could be short-lived, naming a top diplomat to ensure the summit’s commitments are executed. And he said a host…