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===CYBER KIDS=== | ===CYBER KIDS=== | ||
[[CYBER KIDS]] was a nation-wide experiment launched in 1992 in Cyprus by Yiannis Laouris, George Vakanas and Maria Symeonides with the vision that introducing advanced computer technology in the lives of a critical number of young children using an educationally relevant and socially responsible, peace-enhancing curriculum would allow them to “transcend” the country’s educational and political life and move the new generation a decade ahead. By 1999, the number of children who benefited from their curriculum exceeded 15,000, which is approximately equal to 20% of the country’s youth population (ages 6-15). During the same period, the organization trained and employed 186 young and talented university graduates, thus combating brain drain while simultaneously spreading the [[CYBER KIDS Philosophy]] and knowledge to many more spheres of social life. | |||
===The Multimedia Factory=== | ===The Multimedia Factory=== | ||
