A group of third and fourth graders at Eastern Sun Academy took after school lessons for 9 weeks in the spring, in addition to their regular in school More

A group of third and fourth graders at Eastern Sun Academy took after school lessons for 9 weeks in the spring, in addition to their regular in school marimba class. The students are playing the song Dudaluza, by composer Dumisani Maraire on the marimba. The marimba is basically a giant wooden xylophone from the African country of Zimbabwe. Eastern Sun Academy is an independent non-profit elementary school for contemplative education. All students learn marimba during the school year ...
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Every day after school, 7th grader Jeren Yovbagshiyeva sits down with her family for afternoon tea.Today, instead of the usual talk about her progress More

Every day after school, 7th grader Jeren Yovbagshiyeva sits down with her family for afternoon tea.Today, instead of the usual talk about her progress in class, she has something different to discuss.Her school has just had a special lesson about the risks of drug use and the dangers of HIV and AIDS.It was a session that has stirred her to action. Jeren is what her teachers call a ìpioneer.î She is expected to take her knowledge from the classroom, and spread it throughout her community. �Critical information in Turkmenistan, where only one in eight women of fertile age is able to identify the ways HIV can spread.
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