URUGUAY: Plan Ceibal and UNFPA Develop Pedagogic Resources on Demography for Children and Youth
Several media outlets reported on 26 to 28 August that Plan Ceibal and UNFPA have developed an educational website with information and resources on demography and have launched a seven-week quiz to promote knowledge on population issues. The initiative will take place until the end of October and is targeted to children and young people from 10 to 15 years old. It is part the campaign “7 Billion Actions” and coincides with two events of special relevance for population issues: that the world population will reach 7 billion people in October and a new Census will be carried in Uruguay during September. Ceibal reaches all students of primary public schools in Uruguay since every student receives from Plan Ceibal a laptop for pedagogic purposes. Read more in Spanish: Montevideo.com and El País.