Garoowe Youth Services Corps: Program Evaluation for Class # 1

The first class of 58 trainees and staff broke new ground in a challenging environment-war torn Somalia. This Evaluation comes at the conclusion of the first six month course of study and practical skill development. There were many lessons learned and the intent of this evaluation is to highlight both the successes and areas needing improvement. The reporting is based on the author\u27s initial assessment in November, 1992 in Somalia (1993-1994) and on visits to the project as education consultant during operation of the first class. (September 19-28, 1995 and February 14 - March 10,1996

Phi Delta Kappan - Special Section on Youth Service

This Special Section on Youth Service features: The Sleeping Giant of School Reform; School-Based Community Service: What We Know from Research and Theory; Project Service Leadership: School Service Projects In Washington State; Gadugi: A Model of Service-Learning for Native American Communities; Citizenship, Service, and School Reform in Pennsylvania; Community Service Learning And School Improvement in Springfield, Massachusetts; Community Service and Civic Education; SerVermont: The Little Initiative That Could; and National Service and Education for Citizenship

Service: Meeting Youth\u27s Need To Be Needed

In April 1861, hours after the smoke cleared at Fort Sumpter, the first volunteer military units from the North were organized in preparation for the battle to preserve the Union. They were from Minnesota. The North Star State is again mobilizing, capturing some of the fresh air of the service movement sweeping the nation, and adding its own populist brand of citizen involvement. Youth service is blooming in America\u27s heartland, and community educators are leading the way