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LINKS LISTINGSpopulations. For example, Words over Weaponsuses e-learning materials to teach nonviolence inschools. After a tremendous amount of advocacyby GFSA advocates, including youth, South Africapassed the Firearms Control Act. Youth activistshave had an important role in GFSA’s advocacy andyouth programs. Adam Yoffie’s oral history project“Ten Years Later: An Examination of the CurrentState of Youth Activism” (see link above) chroniclessix partial life stories of GFSA youth activists. In theinterviews, the participants discuss their work withGFSA and offer suggestions for working with youth.HHakiElimuhttp://www.hakielimu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=100Established in Tanzania in 2001, HakiElimu wasdesigned to enable communities, including parents,teachers, and students, to transform schools andinfluence decision-making. Organization membersbelieve that democracy and education will onlyimprove when more people get involved, so ratherthan solving education problems within the nonprofitorganization, HakiElimu facilitates communitymembers’ participation in school and communitygovernance. By stimulating public engagement witheducation issues and developing information sharingand networking throughout Tanzania, HakiElimuworks to build Tanzania’s national movement forsocial and educational change.Handicap International UK“Publications” Pagehttp://www.handicap-international.org.uk/page_133.phpHandicap International has published a numberof important documents related to disability anddevelopment. For example, Fun Inclusive! is a usefulhandbook that provides guidance on and ideas fororganizing sports activities with and for disabledpersons. Another publication promotes good practicesfor the economic inclusion of disabled personsin developing countries, and provides guidelines foraccessing microcredit institutions and other fundingmechanisms. Other publications address inclusionin developing countries, inclusion of people withdisabilities in poverty reduction, and mainstreamingand disability checklists.Hot Shot Business: OnlineEntrepreneurship Simulation Gamehttp://www.kauffman.org/items.cfm?itemID=479This award-winning, interactive, online game, developedby the creative team at Disney Online with theentrepreneurship expertise of the Kauffman Foundation,teaches children and youth entrepreneurialconcepts and skills. During the game, players findmoney to open businesses like a skateboard factory,pet spa or comic shop. They make adjustmentsbased on market trends, customer preferences andnews events to make the businesses succeed. Althoughthe game is targeted to children and youthin the US, it could be a fun and useful learning toolfor English-speaking young adults around the world.I“I am stopping TB”Million Youth Marchhttp://www.millionmarch4tb.org/home.aspx(March site)http://www.emro.who.int/stb/ (World HealthOrganization, Eastern Mediterranean Region)The Eastern Mediterranean Partnership with theWorld Health Organization (WHO) organized theMillion Youth March to stop tuberculosis (TB) onWorld TB Day in March. According to the WHO, approximately800,000 people in the Eastern Mediterraneanregion suffer from TB. The objective of theMillion Youth March was to draw attention to this22 | YCoP Links: The First 50 Issues