MY HERO Celebrates International Education Week
The week of November 16th is International Education Week

MY HERO is committed to global learning. All are invited to take part in this global online learning community...



Stories
Wendy Jewell
is a passionate MY HERO educator, writer and Learning Circle facilitator. By
Geeta Malik

is a media arts educator for The MY HERO Project.
Bill Belsey
is a teacher with a mission to stop bullying. By Jesse from Calgary
Valentina Mindoljevic
is a science teacher who helped to provide aid to women and child refugees in Croatia.

Atsuko Shiwaku
set up the International Intercultural Mural Exchange Project to promote peaceful coexistence. By David Kemker
Ruty Hotzen
inspires students from around the world through Talking Kites, iEARN.
Dr. Ed Gragert
works towards peace and global education. By Wendy Jewell
Rowena Gerber
and her students raise money to send Solar Ovens around the world. By Wendy Jewell

Tommie Hamaluba
is a teacher in Botswana, Africa working to eradicate malaria.
Wangari Maathai
is a Nobel Prize winning environmental activist and a hero to Frances Moore Lappe. By Frances Moore Lappe
Andrew Greene Jr.
of Sierra Leone teaches the world
about peace.
Erin Gruwell
is the founder of Freedom Writers and an inspiration to teachers and students around the world. By Jerrilyn Jacobs

Cheikh Darou Seck
is an English teacher in Senegal who inspires his students to become MY HERO reporters. By Seny from Dakar
Ruth Simmons

is breaking down barriers in the world of higher education.
Viola Vaughn
founded an organization that supports girls working to achieve academic success in Africa. By Brande from Spokane
Wendy Milette
is a visionary filmmaker and educator.

Short Films
Valentina Mindoljevic
Producer: Emina Kujundzic and Goran Tiro
Ruty Hotzen on the Footsteps of Janusz Koschak
Producer: Cheikh Seck
Dr. Ed Gragert
Producer: Cheikh Seck
Global TV
Producer: Global TV

The Man Behind the Curtains
Producer: Jason Li, Jordan Glenn, & Sterling Phillips
Iqra - Read (A Prayer for the Girls of Afghanistan and Pakistan)
Producer: Fauzia Minallah
Rowena Gerber and the Solar Oven Project
Producer: Skip Blumberg
Biblioburro: The Donkey Library
Producer: Valentina Canavesio

Ruth Foster
Producer: Miranda Andersen
Teaching to Live
Producer: Andre Guttfreund


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THE MY HERO PROJECT Global Exchange