Centre for Development Education - CDE is an organisation based in Pune, India which deals with development education in both formal and non-formal set up and the community.
We are in the business of educating children, teachers (both in-service and pre-service) and the community for development education. We have successfully managed projects related to global issues in education and community, sponsored by large corporate houses as a part of their CSR programmes for over 20 years.
Subbalakshmi Kumar has been managing these projects as an individual consultant earlier and has now founded CDE as an organisation to execute the same.
CDE works in partnership with other NGO’s, individuals and institutions and utilizes their expertise and services for execution of its projects. CDE features in the ‘Who’s Who of Climate Change in India’ published by Centre for Social Markets, Kolkata and released at the United Nations Convention on Climate Change UNCCC at Poznan Poland from 1-12 December 2008.
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We
see development education as : |
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Enabling
people to make and understand links between their own
lives and those of people around the world. |
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Increasing
understanding of economic, political, social, cultural
and environmental forces that shape our lives |
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Developing
knowledge base, skills, attitudes and values which enable
people to work together to bring about change and take
control of their own lives |
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Working towards a more just and sustainable world in which
power and resources are more equitably shared. (The DEA,
UK) |
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Our
aims are: |
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To
design relevant projects for the community, source funds
and execute them |
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To
provide knowledge and skills to member groups, namely
schools, teacher education institutions, colleges, the
community and other similar organisations. |
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To facilitate
networking and cooperation at local, national and international
levels |
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To
develop new participatory methodologies of training, research
and teaching and related educational ideas and practices |
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To
create and sustain working partnerships between organizations
working for similar goals |
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To work with other bodies to recognize the importance
of development education |
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