Take a few minutes (12 more or less) and enjoy listening to father and son. Dr. Richard Rowe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Open Learning Exchange and Tim Rowe, Founder and CEO, CIC (fka Cambridge Innovation Center) speak candidly and only as father and son can, about Richard’s life story and how he came to found OLE. …
Continue ReadingA Season of Awards for OLE
OLE, Selected as an MIT Solver! After signing an agreement with the Ministry of Education in Madagascar to scale OLE’s Personal Learning Toolkit to all eight million school aged children in that country, in September, we were selected by MIT Solve to be among 20 finalists––chosen from hundreds of Challenge proposals––for one of the best solutions…
Continue ReadingYoung Somali Refugees Tell Their Stories
Children and youth make up half of all refugee populations worldwide. In other words, 50 million young people are living displaced and disrupted lives, facing indignities and insecurities daily, lacking the promise of hopeful future. Education is a key factor in bring about positive change in the context of this crisis. Open Learning Exchange (OLE)…
Continue ReadingAmina M. is 17 years old and is from a poor family that lives in the Ifo camp in Dadaab
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Amina…
Continue ReadingRahma is 19 and lives in the Hagadera camp in Dadaab
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Rahma…
Continue ReadingDuale, a 20 year old youth living in the Ifo refugee camp told the Ifo team: “Open Learning Exchange has transformed my life, and brought hope world wide.”
Open Learning Exchange is working with our Somali partners at the Dagahaley, Hagadera and Ifo refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya, where Planet Learning has been in use for the past three years. During this time, the platform has been used by more than 5,000 young people within the Community Learning Centres that are run by UNHCR. Duale…
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