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re USAID contracts, and more: Kurt Foster in the US has assembled a listing of awards so far. Stay tuned to his website for more information on this topic. http://blogistonpost.blogspot.com/ pg, nyc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salwa de Vree" <sdevree@email.com> To: <hussein@kanberagha.com>; <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [casi] Iraqi Exile Slams US For Awarding Deals > > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > > > ok, thanks for this website. The Middle East Times recently published an > article on the brain-washing USAID intends to do to Iraqi school children. > See: http://www.metimes.com/2K3/issue2003-15/methaus.htm > Regards, > > Salwa de Vree, > > Leiden, The Netherlands. > > US to teach Iraqi children > WASHINGTON > The United States Agency for International Development is currently reviewing > bids for a contract, reported to be worth some $65 million, to revamp Iraq's > educational system, from printing new textbooks to handing out chalkboards, > pencils and book bags. > In its request for bids, USAID said the educational system in a post-war Iraq > must "lay a foundation for democratic practices and attitudes among children > and educators". Contractors are also encouraged to "take the issue of ethnic > balance in its program into consideration". > The winning contractor will be charged with providing school supplies, > including textbooks, to all "permissive" areas by the start of the school > year, although the exact date is yet to be set. > By the end of the first year, the contractor should have distributed student > kits to 4.2 million children in 25,000 schools that have enough equipment and > supplies to provide "a standard level of quality". > For starters, USAID awarded a $1 million one-year grant to UNICEF for basic > education in Iraq, reiterating that the US has made revamping education there > a priority. "The children of Iraq are the country's future," USAID > Administrator Andrew Natsios said. > In Afghanistan, USAID funded a $16.5 million program to revamp education, > which provided 50 tons of primary textbooks being distributed in that country > last month. > A consortium led by the Washington-based Creative Associates International > will have printed and handed out more than 10 million rewritten textbooks by > late May, according to a company statement. > Reuters > > > > > > > > > * > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com[1] > > ===References:=== > 1. http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk