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In Kenya, young people open small businesses to improve their communities such as this tea nursery and mushroom farm. Photo: <a href="http://www.mercycorps.org/photoessay/2012accomplishments#photo-10">Salma Bahramy/Mercy Corps</a>

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Youth Skills

Youth-led programs: A fresh perspective to solve youth unemployment

A new set of youth employment programs is built on the proposition that the best people to design such programs are young people themselves.

Gaza developers and entrepreneurs participating Arab Developer Network Initiative (ADNI) Launch Event in partnership with Mercy Corps in Gaza. Photo: Eyad Baba for Mercy Corps.

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Quotable: The Palestinian tech sector is primed for exponential growth, spurred by youth

From The New York Times:

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The sOccket kicks it up a notch

Girls in Kabul use an OLPC laptop in the classroom. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/4795113665/sizes/m/in/set-72157624493572829/">One Laptop Per Child (flickr)</a>

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The $35 computer, the $100 tablet, and computing for everyone

Last week, two products were unveiled that may drastically change youth interaction with computing—One Laptop Per Child’s tablet computer

Students like these at Delhi University expect that their degrees will help them get jobs, but the reality has proved more difficult. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/niyam/3821007095/lightbox/">niyam bhushan (flickr)</a>

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India's Unprepared Graduates

With more than half of India's population under the age of 25, and the glowing praise that India receives in the media, India seems to be on the fast track to success.

Swarms of protests have taken place in Egypt over the last several days. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/5387535965/">Al Jazeera English (flickr)</a>

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Tunisia, and Now Egypt?

Twitter, Facebook, Myspace -- you name the social network and it's bursting with information about the demonstrations that have taken Egypt by storm in the past few days.

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The Recession's Youngest Victims

Amidst the worst economic downturn in recent history, a rapidly growing segment of America's youth are becoming homeless.

Palestinian students building technology skills. Photo: Cassandra Nelson/Mercy Corps

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Microsoft Challenges Students to Help Millennium Goals

Eight years ago Microsoft hosted the first Imagine Cup, a year long contest that challenges students to use technology to come up with solutions to the world's toughest problems.

A man cooks over a wood-burning fire in Kibera. Over 1 million working poor live in Kibera, with few opportunities to make a comfortable living. Photo: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandgyrl/119453524/">Crissy Olson (flickr)</a>

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Even UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was surprised by the large number of people who greeted him in Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. But his surprise quickly became concern when he was told so many young people came to see him because they couldn't find work.

Schools are feeling the pressure to help the growing number of homeless students. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldohioschools/2596865738/">oldohioschools (flickr)</a>

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Schools Struggle to Help Homeless Students

As families across the U.S. face job losses and foreclosures, there's new pressure on schools to serve a rapidly-growing homeless student population.

Global Citizen Corps leaders host a fundraiser for World AIDS Day. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/21825274@N08/2104226078/">jessicaphansen (flickr)</a>

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Join the Fight Against Global Poverty

On last year's World AIDS Day, Sam held an afterschool open-mic event to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS. Rachel got 200 people to sign a letter asking for more government attention on AIDS — and sent it to Barack Obama.

A young girl working in Guatemala. Photo: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/noesunjoc/300356800/">noesnjoc (flickr)</a>

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Children who Work

According to Unicef estimates, one in six children (158 million) aged 5-14 are engaged in child labor. These kids aren't working at the local shopping center.

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India's School Shortage

The New York Times reported yesterday on India's primary school shortage.

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Not One Less

Not One Less is a film about a determined little girl hoping to triumph over ignorance and poverty in modern-day China.

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Kenya's Youth Bulge

Kenya’s economy, troubled even before the recently disputed election, is suffering from a “youth bulge” which may have helped increase the acceleration into violence the country saw hours after the votes were counted.