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School – 2 – School Jordan (2012)
School-2-School is Expanding! Click Here to Apply Now. New Partner Schools in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Jordan. With the 2012 School-2-School program (S2S), Creative Learning supported the Queen Noor High School in Amman, Jordan to forge a partnership with the Panorama Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As part of the S2S program, students in each school learned about their partner school's country, customs and language. In addition, as part of the fundraising effort led by Panorama teacher Brittney Scott, the S2S initiative raised
Forensic Assistance Project (FAP) (2009-2010)
FAP Objectives Guatemala: Support the Guatemala Forensic Anthropology Foundation’s (FAFG) DNA laboratory operations and ability to positively identify thousands of victims of disappearances and mass killings; improve ability to conduct forensic operations and use DNA sampling and processing to analyze remains and reference samples. Peru: Demonstrate the power of genetic analysis to improve regional capabilities for positive identification of thousands of victims of disappearances and mass killings; -improve the ability of the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) to build institutional
Guatemala Defend the Defenders (GDD) (2008-2009)
GDD will enhance the capacity of select human rights (HR) organizations to develop and improve their capacity to provide better security for their staff and improve their effectiveness as they advocate for human rights. Project objectives and results: GDD will provide technical assistance to key Guatemalan civil society defenders of human rights to achieve the following objectives: 1) Develop and improve their internal capacity to provide better security for their staff; and 2) Improve their ability to more effectively advocate
Guatemala/Peru Latin American Initiative for the Identification of the Disappeared (G/P LIID) (2007-2008)
Background Guatemala and Peru have endured violence, political oppression and human rights violations in recent decades, due to the extreme political instability and lawlessness that challenged the principles of democracy in much of Latin America between 1975 and 2000. Many thousands of disappearances and extrajudicial executions occurred during this time of military dictatorships, internal conflicts, and paramilitary, guerrilla and terrorist activity. In Guatemala, the 36-year internal armed conflict (1960-1996) claimed the lives of 200,000 people. The victims were mostly indigenous
Guatemala Human Rights and Outreach (GHRO) Program (2007-2008)
The Guatemala Human Rights Outreach Program (GHRO), financed by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, was implemented by Creative Learning Inc. from February 2007 to December 2008. GHRO enhanced the capacity of human rights organizations to coordinate and build partnerships with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) to investigate, document and prosecute high profile cases of human rights violations that occurred during the armed conflict. GHRO also worked to strengthen public outreach. The program expanded the efforts of the
Forensic Team Tracks Disappeared Peruvians as Fujimori Returns to Face Justice (2008)
October 2, 2007, Lima, Peru and Washington, DC: A Peruvian team of forensic scientists is insisting that the Peruvian government delegate authority to civil society to locate and identify thousands of Peruvians who went missing during two decades of internal conflict. The case was made recently at a briefing in Washington for The Advocacy Project (AP) by Jose Pablo Baraybar, Director of the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF). Mr Baraybar was accompanied by officials from Creative Learning, a nonprofit organization