Chevron, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership Launch Learning Centers in Nigeria
Program to Support 20,000 Nigerian Students and Community Members with Media Technology and Teacher Training

San Ramon, CA, Silver Spring, MD, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 14, 2008 – Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, Chevron (CVX: NYSE), and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation are working together to extend the power of educational media technology to more than 20,000 Nigerian students and community members with the launch of eight Learning Centers and a teacher training program in under-resourced schools in Lagos, Nigeria.

Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (the Partnership), a nonprofit organization that works in schools and communities around the world, equips each school – called a Learning Center – with a television; DVD player; a library of specially produced, locally relevant educational video programming; and access to information from any source that meets the needs of the school and community. Each Learning Center also receives three years of teacher training and technical support in how to use television and video effectively in the classroom and as a community resource.

"This partnership underscores Chevron's goal of applying collective resources and expertise in order to achieve greater long-term benefit for the communities where we operate," said Fred Nelson, managing director, Chevron Nigeria Ltd. "Our experience of the Partnership in Angola, South Africa and Venezuela has shown that the program clearly supports the professional development of teachers and brings increased parent and community involvement in the schools. This is a clear example of the value that a public-private partnership with a locally managed project strategy can bring to communities."

In the words of William Asiko, President of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, "We are happy at this opportunity to partner with Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership and Chevron Corporation to bring technology into the classrooms of primary school children in Nigeria. This approach is innovative and helps to prepare these children for today's high tech world."

"Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is pleased to build on our relationship with Chevron and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation in Africa and Latin America to bring educational resources to schools and communities in Nigeria," said Dr. Gail Ifshin, executive director, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. "We look forward to working with the Ministry of Education and teachers in Nigeria to help increase educational opportunities for their students and the surrounding communities."

Eight schools in Lagos are participating in the project, which targets children and communities that lack access to technology and information. Approximately 130 teachers in Lagos will participate in training workshops in this first phase. The project is expected to reach 20,000 students and community members combined. It is hoped that new partners will join in the future to help extend the reach to more students and communities in Nigeria.

Chevron and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation are pleased to be extending their relationship with Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership into Nigeria, building upon ongoing initiatives the companies have with the Partnership in Latin America and other parts of Africa.

About Chevron

Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies with subsidiaries that conduct business across the globe. The company's success is driven by the ingenuity and commitment of approximately 59,000 employees who operate across the energy spectrum. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and other energy products and services; manufactures and sells petrochemical products; generates power and produces geothermal energy; and develops and commercializes the energy resources of the future, including biofuels and other renewables. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

About The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation was created in 2001 to manage the community investments of the Coca-Cola System in Africa. Over the last six years, it has invested substantially in the areas of education, health and the environment; and continues to partner with credible institutions, leveraging the System's unparalleled manufacturing and distribution network, to access some of Africa's most remote locations for community development and numerous disaster relief efforts across the continent.

About Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership

Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public charity that was spearheaded by Discovery Communications Inc. in 1997 as an effort to bring together partners from the private and public sectors in support of a unique, international, grassroots education and technology project serving populations left out of the information age. Together with locally appropriate video programming and long-term training, television is being used to enhance learning and understanding, share new ideas, honor traditions, and stimulate a sense of community at a local and global level. Today, over 540,000 children plus their communities in 11 countries around the world have access to valuable information tailored to their needs. For more information please visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

DCGEP and the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation Partner on Educational Initiative

Silver Spring, Md. (May, 2007) – Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership (DCGEP) and The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF) have announced a new partnership dedicated to increasing educational opportunities for children and communities across Africa. The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation has granted DCGEP $10 Million over five years to fund the expansion of the organization’s future education projects in underserved communities on the continent.

Founded in 2001, The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation continues to strategically invest in four priority areas to encourage sustainable development in Africa: health, water, entrepreneurship, and education. One of the few organizations with a presence in all the countries on the African continent, TCCAF recently identified Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership as the most compatible organization to lead the educational flagship of their community partnership initiatives across the continent.

Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, DCGEP was launched by Discovery Communications, Inc. in 1997 and has a proven track record of establishing sustainable community information hubs, called Learning Centers, in underserved schools. The organization’s comprehensive implementation strategy includes providing schools with a television and DVD/VCR player, three years of teacher training, and a library of culturally relevant programs produced by DCGEP, in the appropriate language.

“Children all over the world are eager to learn, but many lack resources and opportunities. Our partnership with TCCAF will enable us to reach more children in Africa through a program that has demonstrated its ability to improve learning outcomes, teacher effectiveness and community involvement in schools,” said Gail Ifshin, Executive Director of DCGEP.

Carole Wainaina, President of The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation, noted “We are delighted to partner with Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, enabling this unique organization to scale up and maximize the impact of their innovative, structured approach to enriching student learning in Africa.”

Over the past ten years, DCGEP has established 194 Learning Centers in 10 countries around the world, six of which are in Africa. Each Learning Center participates in three years of training and technical support provided by local DCGEP staff.  By investing in developing capacity among its local trainers, and within the school itself, the DCGEP ensures that each Learning Center has the greatest potential for success and long-term sustainability.  Ninety-five percent of Learning Centers continue to sustain the project on their own after the three year period. 

The $10 million grant from TCCAF will expand DCGEP’s reach in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, and Uganda, and will bring the Learning Center project for the first time to Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Morocco. Together TCCAF and DCGEP will bring educational resources and teacher training to nearly 70 more schools in these nine countries, bringing the number of students reached to nearly one million by 2012.

For additional information, go to www.discoveryglobaled.org.

Actor Dennis Haysbert Named Global Spokesperson of
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership

Silver Spring, Md. (March, 2007) – Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership announced today that actor Dennis Haysbert has been named global spokesperson for the nonprofit organization that brings educational opportunities to underserved schools and communities around the world.

As global spokesperson for the Partnership, Haysbert hopes to increase public awareness of the Global Education Partnership as it kicks off its 10th anniversary year. The Partnership is a charitable organization dedicated to using the power of television to provide information to children and communities in underserved areas throughout the world. In its first ten years, the Partnership succeeded in reaching over 475,000 children through 191 school-based Learning Centers in Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and Romania.

“It is an honor for me to represent Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership as its global spokesperson,” said Dennis Haysbert. “Having seen the impact of the Partnership’s work firsthand, I believe more than ever in the power of television to make a positive difference in people’s lives.”

�We are thrilled to have Dennis Haysbert represent our organization. He is passionate about educating children and has a special interest in South Africa -- where the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership first launched ten years ago,� said Gail Ifshin, Executive Director, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. �We look forward to working with Dennis to inform more people about the Partnership and our goal of bringing educational resources to schools and communities that need them the most.�

Chevron and Discovery Channel Launch Education Initiative in South Africa

For Immediate Release: August 02, 2006

SAN RAMON, Calif., and SILVER SPRING, Md. – An education initiative by Chevron Corporation and Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is set to bring the information age to thousands of children in under-resourced communities in South Africa with the opening of five new Learning Centers in Limpopo Province.

“Using television as an educational tool, the Learning Centers focus on advancing educational opportunities to build stronger communities,” said James Ngubo, community investment manager for Chevron’s Caltex South Africa operation. “It is our hope that we can help provide teachers with new tools to address educational goals important to the economic and social wellbeing of their communities.”

The Learning Centers serve more than 3,000 children of farmers, laborers, domestic workers and the unemployed, in addition to a substantial number of AIDS orphans. All teachers in the schools will be trained in the use of television and video as an educational tool.

“We believe in the positive power of video to expand horizons and to help generate personal and community development among those living in under-resourced areas,” said Dr. Gail Ifshin, executive director, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. “By bringing the highest quality educational content, equipment and training to populations left out of the information age, we seek to create sustainable local and global communities of learning.”

Each Learning Center is equipped with a television; DVD player; a library of specially produced, locally relevant educational video programming; and access to information from any source that meets the needs of the school and community. Each Learning Center receives three years of teacher training and technical support in how to use television and video effectively in the classroom and as a community resource.

Addressing teachers being trained in Limpopo, Fraser Ramphisa, district education officer for the Limpopo Ministry of Education said, “The Ministry of Education, Chevron and the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership have formed a relationship that services, uplifts and transforms the five schools of Sekhukhune. Today you are ambassadors of your schools. This is a golden opportunity for life. Take it and run away with it.”

Dr. Ifshin said that teachers in Limpopo have embraced the training as an opportunity for professional and personal development, boosting their confidence and self-esteem as educators. “Teachers returned to their schools to pass their new skills on to their colleagues,” she added. “They also use the television to help parents and communities obtain information on social grants, government services and AIDS awareness and prevention.”

The Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership and Chevron have reached 46 schools and communities since 2003, including projects in Angola, Venezuela and now, South Africa. Chevron Learning Centers serve more than 53,000 students and teachers to date, plus approximately 160,000 community members.

About Chevron Corporation
Chevron is committed to contributing to the social and economic development of the communities in which it operates. In 2005, Chevron invested $73 million in community initiatives around the world, nearly 65 percent of which was directed toward long-term, capacity-building projects. Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading energy companies. With more than 53,000 employees, Chevron subsidiaries conduct business in approximately 180 countries around the world, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas, and refining, marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. Chevron is based in San Ramon, Calif. More information on Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

Discovery Communications, Inc.
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public charity that was spearheaded by Discovery Communications Inc. in 1997 as an effort to bring together partners from the private and public sectors in support of a unique, international, grassroots education and technology project serving populations left out of the information age. Today, over 474,000 children plus 1.4 community members in 10 countries around the world have access to valuable information tailored to their needs.

Discovery Communications donates resources for computer lab at girls' school in Uganda

For Immediate Release: March 09, 2006

SILVER SPRING, MD – Discovery Communications announced today the donation of resources for a computer lab at a girls’ school in Uganda. As part of its effort to increase access to technology and education in under-resourced communities in Africa, Discovery’s donation of 55 laptop computers, a server, software and computer training for teachers to the Nalinya Lwantale Girls’ School near Luwero, Uganda, will be available to the 600 students enrolled at the school for the first time.

“Discovery is committed to extending the power of technology to the schools and communities that need it the most around the world, and we’re pleased to be able to provide resources to help increase student achievement at this school,” said Judith A. McHale, President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Communications. “Technology is a powerful tool that breaks down barriers to learning -- no matter where in the world you may live – and we are exposing these teachers and students to new, exciting ways of educating and learning.”

McHale visited the Nalinya Lwantale Girls’ School in 2004 to observe the impact of the work of the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, a non-profit organization spearheaded by Discovery Communications. Impressed by the students’ curiosity and desire to learn and by the teachers’ ardent request for computers, McHale initiated the process to help establish a computer lab at the school upon returning to Discovery.

Active in the school since 2002, the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership addresses the lack of access to basic technology that limits the ability of millions of children to get the kind of education they need for a better future by equipping underserved schools with television technology, locally relevant educational videos and long-term teacher training in the use of video as a tool for learning and as a community resource. The Partnership is overseeing the coordination of the project, and its efforts have galvanized several corporations into action. Discovery has partnered with Microsoft to provide all of the computers with Microsoft Office software, and with DHL, the global delivery network, to ship the resources to the school.

Planning a long-term partnership with the school to ensure the success of the computer lab, Discovery developed an agreement with SchoolNet Uganda, an organization that supports educators and students in Uganda by providing technical expertise in the areas of technology and curriculum development, to provide intensive teacher training over the next two months and ongoing monitoring of the computer lab and teacher development for three years.

The Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership project first launched in Uganda in 2000. Including the Nalinya Lwantale Girls’ School, today there are 18 schools involved in the initiative, serving more than 82,000 students. About 2,000 teachers have been trained in the use of television and video as an educational tool to date in Uganda.
Discovery Communications, Inc.

Discovery Communications, Inc. is the leading global real-world media company. Discovery has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in 170 countries and territories with nearly 1.4 billion cumulative subscribers. DCI’s over 100 networks of distinctive programming represent 27 network entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel, The Science Channel, Military Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Discovery en Español, Discovery Kids en Español, Discovery HD Theater, FitTV, Discovery Travel & Living (Viajar y Vivir), Discovery Home & Health and Discovery Real Time. DCI’s other properties consist of Discovery Education and Discovery Commerce, which operates more than 100 Discovery Channel Stores in the U.S. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States. DCI’s ownership consists of four shareholders: Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB), Cox Communications, Inc., Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company’s Founder and Chairman.

Chevron Corporation and Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership
Launch Learning Centers in Venezuela
For Immediate Release: October 20, 2005

SAN RAMON, CA., and SILVER SPRING, MD. – Chevron Corporation and Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership are working together to extend the power of educational media technology to more than 10,000 Venezuelan students in under-resourced schools with the launch of 15 new Learning Centers.

“It is very exciting for us to join in this wonderful and creative project to motivate Venezuelan children in their educational development,” said Ali Moshiri, president of Chevron Latin America
Upstream. “Providing Venezuelan children with this high-impact education project in partnership with the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a privilege.”

The Partnership, a nonprofit organization that works in under-resourced schools and communities around the world, equips each school – called a Learning Center – with a television; DVD player; a library of specially produced, locally relevant educational video programming; and access to information from any source that meets the needs of the school and community. Each Learning Center also receives three years of teacher training and technical support in how to use television and video effectively in the
classroom and as a community resource.

“Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is pleased to partner with Chevron to bring educational resources to schools and communities in Venezuela,” said Dr. Gail Ifshin, executive director, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. “We look forward to working with teachers to help increase educational opportunities for their students and the surrounding communities.”

The Learning Center project complements the Venezuelan government’s efforts to improve access to quality education. Six schools in Caracas and four schools in the northwest region of Venezuela are participating in the project, which targets children who live in rural areas or in neighborhoods with high levels of poverty. One of the Learning Centers in Caracas is dedicated to assisting orphans and street children at risk. Approximately 150 teachers in the two regions will participate in training workshops. In its initial stage, the project is expected to reach at least 6,500 students plus community members. Five additional Learning Centers will be launched in the northeast region of Venezuela in January 2006. These future Learning Centers are estimated to reach 4,000 students plus their communities.

Chevron is pleased to be extending its relationship with the Partnership into Venezuela, building upon an ongoing initiative in Angola and South Africa. In Angola, Learning Centers have been launched in 17 schools to date across the country, with more to come. Chevron and the Partnership also are expanding the project in South Africa into a rural area that the South African government has designated as one of the regions most in need of development.

About Chevron Corporation
Chevron Corporation is one of the world’s leading energy companies. With more than 53,000 employees, Chevron subsidiaries conduct business in approximately 180 countries around the world, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas, and refining, marketing and distributing fuels and other energy products. Chevron is based in San Ramon, CA. More information on Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.

About Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership
Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) public charity that was spearheaded by Discovery Communications Inc. in 1997 as an effort to bring together partners from the private and public sectors in support of a unique, international, grassroots education and technology
project serving populations left out of the information age. Together with locally appropriate video programming and long-term training, television is being used to enhance learning and understanding, share new ideas, honor traditions, and stimulate a sense of community at a local and global level. The Partnership provides schools and community centers in under-resourced areas with televisions, VCRs or DVD players, teacher training, satellite technology if possible, and the ongoing delivery of relevant video
programming. Today, over 395,000 children plus their communities in 10 countries around the world have access to valuable information tailored to their needs. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

Camille Priselac, Chevron
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Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership Wins 2005 Freddie Award for "Fight Malaria"
For Immediate Release: September 26, 2005

Silver Spring, MD — The Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, a non-profit organization that helps under-resourced schools and communities around the world gain access to education through technology, has won a Freddie 2005 International Health and Medical Media Award in the Prevention category for its production, Fight Malaria.

The Freddie Awards are sponsored by MediMedia, one of the world's leading providers of healthcare educational materials and services. The awards encourage and celebrate excellence in medical films, and every year it attracts documentaries, series, shorts, videos, web sites, DVDs and CD-ROMs from around the world. This is the 31st year of this health and medical media competition.

“Fight Malaria is an example of the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership’s commitment to producing video programming about issues that are most important to audiences in the developing world. It is also demonstrates our commitment to creating content in collaboration with local communities,” said Dr. Gail Ifshin, Executive Director, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. “By producing programs such as Fight Malaria, we hope to provide underserved communities the knowledge they need to prevent life-threatening diseases.”

Malaria is one of the greatest threats to child survival in Uganda, and yet many Ugandans don't know the most basic facts about the disease. As part of a comprehensive malaria prevention, treatment and education effort by the Uganda Ministry of Health, Population Services International, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership and the Discovery Production Group created the 45-minute program, Fight Malaria.

The program, to be distributed in English and five indigenous languages, is designed to support the rollout of a massive anti-malaria campaign in Uganda aimed at families with children under the age of five and pregnant women. It explores some of the myths about how malaria is transmitted, discusses the symptoms and instructs people about how to access and administer the anti-malarial drugs distributed free-of-charge through the campaign. The program also emphasizes the need for and proper use of mosquito nets.

The program is distributed via Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership Learning Centers, mobile video vans, and may soon broadcast nationally in Uganda. It has been met with a strong, positive response from communities and international organizations. It was also a Silver Award winner at this year's Health and Science Communications Association Media Festival and a Telly Awards Finalist.

About the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership
The Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership is a non-profit organization that was spearheaded by Discovery Communications, Inc. in 1997 as an effort to bring together partners from the public and private sectors in support of a unique, international, grassroots education and technology project serving disadvantaged communities. Through its Learning Center project and with donor support, the Partnership provides schools and community centers in under-resourced areas with a television and VCR, teacher training, and the on-going delivery of relevant educational video programming. The Partnership is active in nine countries: Angola, Mexico, Namibia, Peru, Romania, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe and works closely to support the respective Ministry of Education programs to use technology to enhance teaching and learning. Worldwide, the Learning Center project serves more than 381,000 children to date and has trained more than 5,700 teachers in the use of TV and video in the classroom.

For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org

Reaching Out Across the Globe

Digital Discovery, USA
September 2005

Video programming allows students everywhere to learn about their global community. Now, Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, an independent, nonprofit organization, is taking video programming to countries around the world.

The Partnership uses donated Discovery video to create original programming responsive to the needs and interests of under-resourced communities worldwide. At the invitation of the local communities, the Partnership has established Learning Centers in schools from Mexico to Romania to South Africa. Each center is equipped with a television, VCR, satellite or cable technology, teacher training resources, and access to a video library.

The Partnership is embarking on an exciting campaign to go into 1,000 under-served schools bringing the empowering benefits of technology to at least one million more children and their communities.

"We use schools because the infrastructure is already in place," says Tamela Noboa, Deputy Director of the Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership. "But schools become a community information hub where everyone can gather to watch news programs, enjoy movie night, or participate in AIDS education workshops." Not only do children benefit from these enhanced learning tools, but students of all ages can better understand and enjoy their local and global community.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION FUND LAUNCHES IN ROMANIA –
FIRST COUNTRY IN EUROPE TO PARTICIPATE

May 14, 2003

Silver Spring, Md. – The Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) is extending the power of educational media technology to students in Romania with its launch today of six new sites, the first Global Education Fund Learning Centers reaching communities in Europe.

“This is an exciting first step in Eastern Europe for the Global Education Fund,” said Gail Ifshin, executive director of DCGEF. “We are eager to expand on the success of the Fund’s activities in other countries and to extend the power of media technology to improve educational opportunities for children around the world.”

Six school communities in Dambovita County, Romania – two hours outside of Bucharest – will be benefiting from locally managed Global Education Fund Learning Centers. The Fund has made a three-year commitment to work alongside each community to develop a sustainable media hub that meets local educational and community needs. The Learning Centers are equipped with a television, VCR and cable technology (where possible), teacher training and video programming tailored to local needs. In Romania, the Fund is working in partnership with the Ministry of Education to ensure the project complements both classroom and community education objectives.

Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister for Education said, “We are pleased to welcome the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund to Romania. We have co-operated well in bringing this innovative project to Dambovita, and we look forward to seeing the tangible benefits it will generate.”

Michael Guest, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, said, “I applaud the launch of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund in Romania. This program, the first of its kind in Europe, will bring needed training in information technology to Romania’s children. Romania recognizes the opportunities technology offers as a tool for education and development, and the launch of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund will help bring science and technology into the lives of Romania’s young people.”

The founding corporate partner for the Global Education Fund in Romania is Discovery Networks Europe, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) is a 501(c)(3) public charitable organization dedicated to reaching across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology and information to populations striving to realize the full potential of the Information Age. DCGEF works with schools and communities in a locally-managed, comprehensive and sustainable program that provides the empowering benefits of video and satellite educational programming to schools in under-resourced areas of the world. DCGEF’s 134 Learning Centers in nine countries – including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Mexico, Peru, Angola, Namibia and Romania – provide teachers with professional development and classroom resources that support creativity and learning. DCGEF also works closely with communities and other partners to produce educational videos, as well as to identify other educational programming responsive to communities’ needs. Currently serving over 240,000 students, DCGEF’s near-term goal is to reach 1 million children and their communities by 2005. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION FUND LAUNCHES IN ROMANIA –
FIRST COUNTRY IN EUROPE TO PARTICIPATE

May 14, 2003

Silver Spring, Md. – The Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) is extending the power of educational media technology to students in Romania with its launch today of six new sites, the first Global Education Fund Learning Centers reaching communities in Europe.

“This is an exciting first step in Eastern Europe for the Global Education Fund,” said Gail Ifshin, executive director of DCGEF. “We are eager to expand on the success of the Fund’s activities in other countries and to extend the power of media technology to improve educational opportunities for children around the world.”

Six school communities in Dambovita County, Romania – two hours outside of Bucharest – will be benefiting from locally managed Global Education Fund Learning Centers. The Fund has made a three-year commitment to work alongside each community to develop a sustainable media hub that meets local educational and community needs. The Learning Centers are equipped with a television, VCR and cable technology (where possible), teacher training and video programming tailored to local needs. In Romania, the Fund is working in partnership with the Ministry of Education to ensure the project complements both classroom and community education objectives.

Ecaterina Andronescu, Minister for Education said, “We are pleased to welcome the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund to Romania. We have co-operated well in bringing this innovative project to Dambovita, and we look forward to seeing the tangible benefits it will generate.”

Michael Guest, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, said, “I applaud the launch of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund in Romania. This program, the first of its kind in Europe, will bring needed training in information technology to Romania’s children. Romania recognizes the opportunities technology offers as a tool for education and development, and the launch of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund will help bring science and technology into the lives of Romania’s young people.”

The founding corporate partner for the Global Education Fund in Romania is Discovery Networks Europe, a division of Discovery Communications, Inc.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) is a 501(c)(3) public charitable organization dedicated to reaching across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology and information to populations striving to realize the full potential of the Information Age. DCGEF works with schools and communities in a locally-managed, comprehensive and sustainable program that provides the empowering benefits of video and satellite educational programming to schools in under-resourced areas of the world. DCGEF’s 134 Learning Centers in nine countries – including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Mexico, Peru, Angola, Namibia and Romania – provide teachers with professional development and classroom resources that support creativity and learning. DCGEF also works closely with communities and other partners to produce educational videos, as well as to identify other educational programming responsive to communities’ needs. Currently serving over 240,000 students, DCGEF’s near-term goal is to reach 1 million children and their communities by 2005. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC (DCI) AND THE JANE GOODALL INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP
World-Renowned Primatologist Jane Goodall Agrees to Multi-Year, Multi-Tiered Partnership With DCI’s Animal Planet and The Discovery Channel Global Education Fund –

March 24, 2003

SILVER SPRING, MD – Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) announced today an exclusive multi-year partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI). The agreement will include the development of on-air specials on Animal Planet, participation in Animal Planet’s traveling exhibit, Animal Planet Expo, as well as involvement with the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund.

Jane Goodall, whose pioneering work with chimpanzees in Africa changed the world’s view of these animals forever, could reasonably lay claim to the title of most important wildlife biologist since Charles Darwin. After 25 years as the leading researcher in her field, Dr. Goodall will join forces with the only television network dedicated to the emotional bond between humans and animals to present and help develop a number of on-air specials. As partners, JGI and Animal Planet will develop quality television programs that provide a deeper understanding of Jane’s work and the critical issues involving animals around the world. Dr. Goodall joins the Discovery family after a long-standing relationship with National Geographic as an explorer-in-residence.

“Discovery and Animal Planet are honored and privileged to partner with Jane in this exciting endeavor. Her signature combination of credibility, integrity and passion are world-renowned. We are proud to call her our partner,” said Billy Campbell, President Discovery Networks, US. “Discovery’s powerful platform both in the United States and around the world is ideally suited to provide Dr. Goodall with a global forum for her highly-respected research and exploration of the natural world.”

“Dr. Goodall is a true legend. We are very excited to welcome Jane and her vision to Animal Planet,” said Michael Cascio, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Animal Planet. “Our organizations share many of the same educational and conservation values, and a mission to help people better understand animals and the world within which we all live.”
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The partnership between the Goodall Institute and DCI extends beyond the programming initiative. The agreement provides Dr. Goodall the opportunity to visit and promote the activities of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF), a 501 (c) (3), nonprofit, public charitable organization dedicated to reaching across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology to under-resourced communities around the world.

Through many of the educational resources of the DCGEF and with the popular Animal Planet Expo, which travels the country promoting the health and well being of animals, Dr. Goodall will integrate her signature “Roots & Shoots” program, which works with youth to foster respect and compassion for all living things.

Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. DCI has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in more than 155 countries and territories with over 830 million cumulative subscribers.

DCI’s 33 networks of distinctive programming represent 14 entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, the Travel Channel, Discovery Health channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery times Channel, The Science channel, Discovery Wings Channel, Discovery Home & Leisure Channel, Discovery en Espanol and Discovery HD Theater. DCI’s other properties consist of Disocfery.com and 167 Discovery Channel retail stores. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States. DCI’s ownership consists of four shareholders: Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: COX), Advance/Newhouse communications and John S. Hendricks, the company’s Founder, Chairman and CEO.

Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall’s pioneering research into chimpanzee behavior, research which transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals. Today, the Institute is a global leader in the effort to protect chimpanzees and other animals in their African habitats and is widely recognized for establishing innovative, grassroots wildlife conservation, economic development, and education programs in more than 70 countries around the world.

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., RECOGNIZED BY THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL EDUCATION

February 12, 2003

Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) has been recognized at the Organization for American States’ (OAS) first “Gala for the Americas” for exemplary corporate citizenship.

DCI was specifically recognized for the work of the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) in Latin America. DCGEF has 41 Learning Centers in Mexico and Peru, providing teachers with professional development and classroom resources that support creativity and learning. In addition to projects in Latin America, DCGEF, a non-profit, charitable organization, is dedicated to improving educational opportunities of under-resourced schools and communities around the world. With the support of Discovery, together with other donors and partners, DCGEF provides each school or “Learning Center” with a television, VCR, satellite technology, three years of teacher training and on-going delivery of locally relevant video programming and teacher resource guides.

The “Gala for the Americas” celebrated corporate social responsibility by recognizing key social programs implemented by companies operating in Latin America. “We are honored to be recognized for our work with the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund,” said Judith A. McHale, President and Chief Operating Officer, Discovery Communications, Inc. McHale added, “As one of the world’s leading global media companies, Discovery believes strongly in bringing the full potential of technology and media to people in Latin America and around the world.”

The Trust for the Americas, a non-profit created by the OAS, the hemispheric organization encompassing government’s of the Americas, organized the Gala, which was held at the Biltmore Hotel in Miami, Florida on Friday, January 31.

Dr. Cesar Gaviria, Secretary General of the OAS, and the Trust's Board of Directors, gave special recognition at the Gala to DCI for the Global Education Fund and to BellSouth for its ProNino program. The Trust/OAS Award for Corporate Citizenship in the Americas was given to Daimler-Chrysler for its POEMA Program (Poverty and Environment in the Amazon). Enrique R. Martinez, EVP and Managing Director, Discovery Networks Latin America/Iberia, accepted the award on behalf of Discovery.

Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. DCI has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in more than 155 countries and territories with over 830 million cumulative subscribers. DCI’s 33 networks of distinctive programming represent 14 entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Civilization Channel, The Science Channel, Discovery Wings Channel, Discovery Home & Leisure Channel, Discovery en Español and HD Theater. DCI’s other properties consist of Discovery.com and 167 Discovery Channel retail stores. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States. DCI’s ownership consists of four shareholders: Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L), Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE: COX), Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company’s Founder, Chairman and CEO.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) is a 501(c) 3 charitable organization committed to narrowing the growing information gap between developing and developed countries. DCGEF works with schools and communities in a locally-managed, comprehensive and sustainable program that provides the empowering benefits of video and satellite educational programming to schools in under-resourced areas of the world. DCGEF’s 126 Learning Centers in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe provide teachers with professional development and classroom resources that support creativity and learning. DCGEF also works closely with communities and other partners to produce educational videos, as well as to identify other educational programming responsive to communities’ needs. DCGEF’s near-term goal is to reach 1 million children and their communities by 2005. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

AMBASSADORS AND EMBASSY OFFICIALS VISIT DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION FUND IN OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK

For Immediate Release: November 19, 2002

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) Learning Centers are hosting visits from US Ambassadors and Embassy officials in four countries in observance of International Education Week, November 18-22. The visits are taking place in Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mexico and Peru to acknowledge the project’s efforts to foster advances in education and information in the world’s most under-resourced by providing access to technology and educational programming.

In Zimbabwe, where DCGEF has 16 Learning Center, the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Joseph Sullivan, will visit High Glen Resource Center in Harare, on Thursday, November 21st. In Tanzania, Ambassador Robert V. Royall visited DCGEF’s Learning Center at the Hekima Girls Secondary School in Bukoba on Monday, November 18th.

On Friday, November 22nd, US General Consul, Elizabeth Swope, and the US Cultural Attache, María Elena Saucedo, will visit Hermenegildo Galeana School in Zapopan, one of DCGEF’s 14 Learning Centers in Mexico. John Caufield, Chargé d' Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Peru, will visit Santísima Trinidad, a DCGEF Learning Center in Lima and one of 17 DCGEF sites in Peru.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF), a U.S. charitable organization, works with schools and communities in a comprehensive program that provides the empowering benefits of video and satellite educational programming to schools in under-resourced areas of the world. DCGEF’s 93 Learning Centers in Latin America and Africa provide teachers with professional development and classroom resources that support creativity and learning. DCGEF also works closely with communities and other partners to produce educational videos, as well as to identify other educational programming responsive to communities’ needs. DCGEF’s near-term goal is to reach 1 million children and their communities by 2005. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

JOHNATHAN A. RODGERS APPOINTED TO DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION FUND’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

August 25, 2002

Bethesda, MD—The Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) welcomes Johnathan A. Rodgers, formerly President of Discovery Networks, US, to the DCGEF Board of Directors. As a member of the Board, Rodgers will provide leadership to sustain the mission of the Global Education Fund: To reach across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology and information to under-resourced communities around the world.

"Johnathan Rodgers has been involved in DCGEF from its inception in 1997,” stated DCGEF Executive Director, Gail Ifshin. “His continued support and commitment will be a key factor in the initiative’s future growth. We are honored that Johnathan will be bringing his considerable talents to the Fund." As a board members, Rodgers will participate in the formulation of the DCGEF strategic plan, serve as advocate for DCGEF and work to cultivate potential donors and partners.

Rodgers has had a long and rich history with the field of communications and was recently ranked #7 on a highly competitive list of the 100 top personnel within the cable industry. His term as President of Discovery Networks, US, with Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) was preceded by a twenty-year career of executive positions with CBS, Inc. Rodgers also has experience as a writer-reporter for Sports Illustrated and as an editor for Newsweek Magazine. He earned his undergraduate degree in journalistic studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and his master’s degree in communication from Stanford University.

In addition to serving on the Global Education Fund’s Board of Directors, Rodgers is also a member of The Aspen Institute, Children’s Defense Fund, The Emma Bowen Foundation, the National Association of Television Program Executives, the Cable Television Advertising Bureau, and the International Radio and Television Society. Rodgers is also active in the National Association of Black Journalists and Proctor & Gamble’s Board of Directors.

In addition to Rodgers, the DCGEF board members are: Judith A. McHale, President and Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc.; Gail Ifshin, Ph.D., Executive Director of DCGEF; former Congressman Jack Fields, Chief Executive Officer of Twenty First Century Group, Inc.; former Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse, Director of the Institute for Tribal Government at Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, and Congressman Donald M. Payne of New Jersey.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund is an independent 501(c)(3) charitable organization. With the support of donors and at the invitation of local communities around the world, DCGEF provides schools and community centers in under-resourced areas with a television, VCR, satellite technology, teacher training, and the on-going delivery of relevant video programming. Through the use of practical and sustainable technology, children and their communities all over the world have access to relevant, world-opening and enriching information tailored to their needs. Currently, DCGEF reaches over 130,000 children and their communities throughout South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Mexico and Peru and planning expansion into Romania, Angola, Namibia, India, and Afghanistan. For more information visit www.discoveryglobaled.org.

Discovery Communications, Inc. is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company. DCI has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in more than 155 countries and territories with over 700 million cumulative subscribers. DCI’s 33 networks of distinctive programming represent 14 entertainment brands including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids and a family of newer, targeted channels. DCI’s other properties consist of Discovery.com and 167 Discovery Channel retail stores. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States. DCI’s ownership consists of four shareholders: Liberty Media Corporation (NYSE: L), Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE: COX), Advance/Newhouse Communications and John S. Hendricks, the Company’s Founder, Chairman and CEO.

Globus And Discovery Channel Global Education Fund Announce Essay Contest Winners

Partnership Aimed to Educate Children in Remote and Disadvantaged Regions Awards Peruvian Students with a Trip to Discover their Homeland.

February 21, 2002

Committed to the global community, Globus, the world's leader in escorted vacations, and the non-profit organization, Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF), announce the winning students who were selected from their written essays to take the March 9, 2002, "Peru Discovery" trip through their homeland. Along with a parent for each contest winner and three teachers, a group of 12 children will embark on a six-day Globus trip, taking them beyond their neighborhoods and villages to visit for the first time in their lives important cultural and historical sites in Peru.

Beginning in 2001, Globus and the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund created a partnership to help provide poor or rural communities in Africa and Latin America with technology to improve educational opportunities. This partnership will give them the resources, such as televisions, VCRs, satellite feeds, training and programming, to expand both the capabilities of teachers and the horizons of students.

In the essay, children explained how the Learning Centers have helped in their education and understanding of the world around them, as well as how the Centers have motivated them with the desire to further explore the world. From a panel of three judges, one child from each of the 12 Peruvian DCGEF Learning Centers was chosen along with three teachers who also submitted essays about how the Learning Centers have enhanced their teaching skills.

"As a company who is committed to the local and global community, we are excited and honored to provide these children with the opportunity to explore the beauty and history of their own country," said Paolo Mantegazza, president of Group Voyagers, Inc, the corporate entity that markets and sells Globus. "We hope this trip will encourage them to further their education about the world around them and see it firsthand during their lives."

Through Globus' partnership with South American travel specialist, Lima Tours, the children will take the six-day Globus trip, beginning in Lima, traveling to Cuzco, then visiting Yucay and Machu Picchu. Coming from poor and rural communities, this will be the first time the essay contest winners will travel beyond their home, reinforcing the importance and historical time the trip will mark in the children's lives. "This trip will help me learn about Peruvian history and see how my ancestors lived…something that we are very proud of," says 10-year-old Roberto Carballo Garcia. Many of the children are also excited about the learnings and experiences they will pass on to those who have never traveled beyond their community. "I want to be able to see everything I can so that I can talk about my experience with family and friends who aren't able to travel," said 12-year-old Carlo Lavini Tresierra.

Today, DCGEF reaches over 100,000 children and their communities in Latin America and Africa, including 14 Learning Centers in Mexico and Peru with plans to develop at least five new sites in Peru and three in Mexico in 2002. DCGEF also has plans to expand the initiative in Latin America into Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica.

Globus is the world's leader in escorted travel, with more than 70 years' experience offering top quality escorted travel and five travel styles. Each year, thousands of people enjoy a travel experience with Globus, traveling to all seven continents and visiting 70 countries. In 2002, Globus has partnered with the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund to help educate children in remote and disadvantaged regions through the power of technology by contributing a portion of its sales to the project. The privately held company has offices worldwide with its U.S. headquarters in Littleton, Colo.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund is an independent 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to reaching across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology and information to the world's most under-resourced populations. At the invitation of local communities around the world, DCGEF is narrowing the growing information gap between developing and developed countries. With the support of donors, DCGEF provides schools and community centers in under-resourced areas with a television, VCR, satellite technology, teacher training, and the on-going delivery of relevant video programming. Through the use of practical and sustainable technology, children and their communities all over the world have access to relevant, world-opening and enriching information tailored to their needs.

Globus and Discovery Channel Global Education Fund Announce Partnership to Education Children Around the World

Peruvian Students Compete in Essay Contest to visit Machu Picchu and Help Officially Launch Partnership

Wednesday, January 23, 2002

(Bethesda, Maryland) - Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) has partnered with Globus, a global provider of escorted travel, to help educate children in remote and disadvantaged regions around the world through the power of technology.

To officially kick off the alliance, students at DCGEF learning centers throughout Peru will submit an essay, with the winners embarking on a six-day Globus trip beginning in Lima, traveling to Cuzco, then onto Yucay and to Machu Picchu. Globus' journey will take the twelve winning students, plus one parent for each child, and three teachers beyond their neighborhoods and villages to visit for the first time in their lives important cultural and historical sites in Peru.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund provides under-served communities in Africa and Latin America with televisions, VCRs, satellite feeds, training and programming. In Peru, among other countries, DCGEF employs technology to improve educational opportunities for poor or rural communities by giving them the resources to expand both the capabilities of teachers and the horizons of students.

DCGEF looks forward to working with Globus, a company committed to the global community and to DCGEF's efforts to make a difference in children's lives by bringing them educational programming so they can learn about their community, as well as the world and its diverse cultures. Gail Ifshin, Executive Director of DCGEF said, "We are excited and honored to partner with an organization like Globus, which is committed to enable students to explore their own country and nurture their desire to be life-long learners about the world around them."

Through the generosity and commitment of corporate partners such as Globus, DCGEF is working to attain its goal of reaching one million children by 2005. Today, DCGEF reaches over 100,000 children and their communities in Latin America and Africa, including 14 Learning Centers in Mexico and Peru with plans to develop at least 5 new sites in Peru and 3 in Mexico in 2002. DCGEF also has plans to expand the initiative in Latin America into Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica.

DCGEF's expansion to 10 new centers in Lima, Peru in August 2001 represents significant growth for DCGEF in Peru. Together, these 10 schools serve an additional 10,200 students and teachers. Moreover, the expansion of new project sites in Lima to two orphanages and one school serving disabled students as well as DCGEF's new 3 school partnership with the Coordinadora de Innovaciones Educativas -an institution supported by 5 local NGO's and a private university-underscores the commitment of DCGEF to bring the full benefits of technology and education to everyone and everywhere.

Globus is a provider of escorted travel to over 70 countries and to all seven continents. In 2002, Globus has partnered with the Discovery Channel Global Education Fund to help educate children in remote and disadvantaged regions through the power of technology by contributing a portion of its sales to the project. The privately held company has offices worldwide with its U.S. headquarters in Littleton, Colorado.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund is an independent 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to reaching across the global information divide with the tools and training necessary to extend the power of technology and information to the world's most under-resourced populations. At the invitation of local communities around the world, DCGEF is narrowing the growing information gap between developing and developed countries. With the support of donors, DCGEF provides schools and community centers in under-resourced areas with a television, VCR, satellite technology, teacher training, and the on-going delivery of relevant video programming. Through the use of practical and sustainable technology, children and their communities all over the world have access to relevant, world-opening and enriching information tailored to their needs.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund y Globus Premiaron con un Viaje a Estudiantes Ganadores.

Estudiantes y profesores participaron en el concurso "Descubra el Perú" y visitan desde el centro histórico de Lima hasta Cusco y Machu Picchu.

March 3, 2002

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF), y su colaborador, la empresa de turismo Globus, premian la dedicación y el ingenio de once estudiantes peruanos de colegios de bajos recursos, que junto con uno de sus padres y tres profesores habrán de participar en un viaje de seis días para descubrir el Perú y conocer la historia y lugares turísticos de su país.

Como parte de las actividades que DCGEF realiza en diversos colegios en países de América Latina y África, el concurso de composición y dibujos "Descubra el Perú" permite ampliar los conocimientos de los niños y profesores ganadores con un viaje que contempla la visita al Centro Histórico de Lima y a la ciudad de Cusco, un paseo por Yucay, un viaje en tren hacia Machu Picchu, donde, por supuesto, conocerán la majestuosa fortaleza Inca.

Las composiciones y los dibujos ganadores pertenecen a niños y profesores de los 9 colegios que ya forman parte del proyecto DCGEF, uno de los cuales es el Centro de Educación Especial Ann Sullivan. Todos los trabajos con el tema "DCGEF me permite conocer el mundo desde mi aula de clase. Con Globus, podré visitar un emocionante lugar del mundo por mí mismo(a) y en mi propio país, Perú." Se escogieron de entre los diferentes niveles de educación: ocho estudiantes de educación primaria, un estudiante de educación especial, tres de secundaria y tres profesores. DCGEF otorgó certificados de reconocimiento para los 48 estudiantes y cinco profesores que no clasificaron para la ronda final.

La selección final la realizó un jurado conformado por representantes del Ministerio de Educación, la empresa Globus y Discovery Networks Latin America / Iberia, la unidad de Discovery Communications, Inc., (DCI) cuyo propósito es el de hacer llegar las señales de Discovery a toda América Latina.

Desde hace poco más de dos años el Discovery Channel Global Education Fund ha trabajado tenazmente en el Perú, para poner al alcance de colegios de escasos recursos, equipo tecnológico como televisores, videocaseteras y antenas parabólicas que facilitan la enseñanza aprovechando el uso del video en el aula. El programa se fortalece no sólo con los videos y la capacitación continua de los maestros, sino también con el proyecto educativo "Discovery en la Escuela" que llega directamente a los centros de aprendizaje del DCGEF a través de la señal de Discovery Channel América Latina-Iberia. Las guías de apoyo para cada uno de los programas de "Discovery en la Escuela" que están a la disposición de todos los profesores a través de la página de internet del mismo nombre, ya están siendo utilizados en los centros.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) y Discovery en la Escuela son proyectos educativos que emanan de la responsabilidad social de la empresa matriz Discovery Communications Inc. DCGEF ha llevado su programa al África y ahora a América Latina, donde junto con el proyecto Discovery en la Escuela apoya la actividad educativa. En los casi cinco años transcurridos desde su lanzamiento, Discovery en la Escuela ha capacitado a más de 1,400 profesores, colaborando así con el enriquecimiento curricular de sobre 125,000 estudiantes en por lo menos 1000 escuelas, tanto públicas como privadas en América Latina. Desde noviembre de 1997 Discovery Channel Global Education Fund puso en marcha el proyecto de Centros de Aprendizaje, y actualmente cuenta con 54 centros en África, en lugares como Sudáfrica, Zimbabwe, Uganda, y Tanzania, y 14 en América Latina, 2 en México y 12 en el Perú.

Discovery en la Escuela es una iniciativa de Discovery Channel Latin America/Iberia, que apoya la educación al utilizar documentales que estimulan el aprendizaje en las aulas mediante la transmisión de un bloque televisivo de una hora diaria siete días a la semana. Cuenta además con material didáctico disponible en la internet en la página del mismo nombre y un taller de capacitación docente.

Discovery Networks, Latin America/Iberia, una unidad de Discovery Communications, Inc., (DCI) con sede en Miami, Florida, llega a televidentes con varias señales especialmente diseñadas y manejadas desde el ultramoderno centro televisivo de la compañía. Discovery Networks, Latin America/Iberia está formado por seis canales que transmiten programación con base en la vida real las 24 horas del día: Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Health, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Animal Planet y People+Arts, estos últimos producto de la sociedad con BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Como compañía líder en los medios de comunicación de la vida real y entretenimiento, los canales de Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) llegan a hogares suscritos en 155 países alrededor del mundo. Discovery Networks, International (DNI), una división de DCI, incluye a Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Health, Discovery Home & Leisure, Animal Planet, People + Arts, Discovery Sci-Trek, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Discovery Civilization y Discovery Wings. Disponibles a través de 62 suministros separados, en 33 idiomas, vía 11 satélites, los servicios de DNI están diseñados para llenar las necesidades específicas de cada teleaudiencia alrededor del mundo.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund, Discovery Communications Y Motorola Apoyan A La Educacion Peruana

Proyecto Piloto se inició en México y Perú

November 9, 2000

(Lima, PERU) noviembre 9, 2000 - La educación continúa siendo uno de los más grandes desafíos para los países. Motorola y Discovery Communications se han unido para apoyar el proyecto de Centro de Aprendizaje de la Fundación Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF), que pondrán al alcance de niños que no cuentan con recursos, herramientas tecnológicas que les brindarán la posibilidad de acceder a fuentes de información educativa que contribuyan al mejoramiento de su educación.

Las primeras escuelas peruanas beneficiadas con este ambicioso proyecto de alcance internacional, fueron el Colegio Hogar Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia de Zapallal, Puente Piedra y el Colegio Fe y Alegría N°43 de Ventanilla, Callao.

Gracias a Motorola y a Discovery Communications, ya son realidad los 2 Centros de Aprendizaje instalados en Perú y 4 Centros de Aprendizaje en México, los cuales forman parte de un proyecto piloto para Latinoamérica.

El Sr. Carlos Baradello, Vicepresidente y Gerente General para América Latina de Corporate Enterprise Solution de Motorola Inc., señaló que esta importante iniciativa y aporte se enmarca dentro de los objetivos mundiales de la empresa de contribuir activamente al desarrollo de los pueblos donde participa, inculcando el uso adecuado de la tecnología como herramienta de desarrollo. Es por eso que Motorola se enorgullece de auspiciar junto con DCGEF, al Discovery Channel Global Education Fund en este ambicioso Proyecto para Latino América.

El primer paso concretado el 9 de noviembre pasado incluyó, además de las dos escuelas en el populoso Cono Norte de Lima, dos escuelas de similares características en Ciudad de México. El objetivo es apoyar con tecnología y contenidos pedagógicos a escuelas de bajos recursos. Como se deja ver en cada una de sus acciones, Discovery Channel Global Education Fund quiere potenciar la educación con planteamientos de colaboración que capaciten a los maestros y pongan en manos de los alumnos herramientas para el éxito. Comentó Gail Ifshin Directora Ejecutiva de Discovery Channel Global Education Fund.

..."Cerrar la brecha que aún separa la tecnología de la educación y que ésta provea a la población de las herramientas necesarias para mejorar y enriquecer las oportunidades educativas, es un compromiso que empresas o instituciones como Motorola y Discovery no pueden soslayar si queremos ser reconocidos por nuestro bien ganado liderazgo" señalaron ejecutivos de Discovery y Motorola.

"El tema de la educación es uno muy importante para Discovery y algo en que estamos muy involucrados, ya que el carácter informativo y entretenido de nuestros programas se presta para este fin", comentó Enrique Martínez, vicepresidente "senior" y gerente general de Discovery Networks Latin America- Iberia, la parte de la empresa que representa los intereses de Discovery en la región.

Aprendizaje por descubrimiento, mayores horizontes culturales, desarrollo de la capacidad creativa, disposición para trabajo en grupo y acceso a otras fuentes de información, son algunos de los nuevos conceptos que este Proyecto internacional ha comenzado a introducir en la formación escolar peruana y mexicana y que en este primer momento beneficiará directamente en nuestro país a más de 100 maestros y a más de 2,500 niños de las escuelas inicialmente favorecidas. Uno de los componentes más importantes del proyecto es el programa de capacitación a personal docente de ambos colegios llamado "El Vídeo en el Aula", que se centra en el uso técnico del equipo de video y en su utilización como herramienta para la enseñanza.

El Discovery Channel Global Education Fund y Motorola aspiran con esta gran iniciativa, generar el interés de otras empresas y corporaciones en apoyar a la educación escolar en países como el nuestro, como herramienta fundamental de desarrollo. El proyecto que hoy beneficia a dos escuelas del Cono Norte limeño, habrá cumplido largamente su objetivo si es respaldado o imitado cuanto antes.

Creemos que esta iniciativa puede ayudar a promover el acceso a otras fuentes globales de información generando un modelo auto sostenible que derive en el desarrollo y la proliferación de este tipo de acceso a la información en Perú y posteriormente en América Latina.

Además creemos que este es el primer paso para integrar, no sólo fuentes de información sino a todas la empresas que se sientan comprometidas con el futuro. Un primer paso en un largo camino que hemos decidido emprender trabajando para lograr la participación de otras organizaciones y entes gubernamentales, para hacer de esta visión, una realidad que beneficie cada vez más a un mayor número de niños en el mundo, ya que ellos son el futuro de nuestros países.

Argumentaron altos ejecutivos de Motorola y Discovery durante el evento de lanzamiento del proyecto realizado en el Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia, que contó con la presencia de importantes funcionarios del Ministerio de Educación , alumnos y comunidad en general.

 

ACERCA DE DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION FUND
Discovery Channel Global Education Fund es una organización sin fines de lucro dedicada a mejorar las oportunidades educativas de las comunidades de pocos recursos en el mundo entero, mediante el uso de la tecnología. El proyecto otorga gran importancia al uso de la tecnología como una herramienta educativa útil, puesta al servicio de la comunidad. En sus centros escolares, DCGEF trabaja en coordinación con maestros y demás miembros de la comunidad educativa local. Esto con el fin de brindarles programación y capacitación adecuados que permitan a niños y maestros maximizar su potencial tecnológico. Desde noviembre de 1997 puso en marcha el proyecto de Centros de Aprendizaje, y actualmente cuenta con 54 Centros en África y América Latina (Sudáfrica, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Perú y México).

PROYECTO DE CENTRO DE APRENDIZAJE DEL FONDO PARA LA EDUCACIO GLOBAL DE DISCOVERY CHANNEL.

El gran objetivo: Conectar a las escuelas con fuentes informáticas / educativas de carácter global a través de tecnologías de la información.
Los alcances que logra este proyecto son los siguientes:

• Aprendizaje por descubrimiento. Este tipo de aprendizaje da prioridad al uso del vídeo permitiendo al estudiante ver, escuchar, investigar y poner en práctica los nuevos conocimientos adquiridos.
• Mayores horizontes culturales. Los vídeos amplían los horizontes culturales tanto del cuerpo docente como de los estudiantes, pues los expone a realidades de su propia cultura y de otras comunidades alrededor del mundo.
• Mayor disposición para trabajo en grupo. El trabajo posterior al vídeo facilita la voluntad de trabajar en grupo y la integración de los alumnos.
• Desarrollo de capacidad creativa. Los vídeos desarrollan la creatividad artística y analítica de los alumnos con dibujos, cuentos, crucigramas, canciones, poemas, carteles, etc.
• Capacidad de producción de vídeo. El uso de la tecnología de punta genera interés por parte de alumnos y profesores.

ACERCA DE MOTOROLA
Motorola es un líder mundial en el sector de sistemas y servicios electrónicos avanzados. La compañía crea productos controlados por software que ofrecen tanto soluciones integradas para el cliente como acceso a Internet a través de comunicaciones inalámbricas y satelitales. Motorola diseña también productos para computadores y operación de redes, así como componentes electrónicos para automóviles. La compañía libera toda la potencia de la tecnología ofreciendo elementos constitutivos esenciales en forma de componentes incorporados tales como semiconductores controles y sistemas. En 1999, la cifra de negocios de la empresa ascendió a US$ 33.1 mil millones. Para más información visite: www.motorola.com

ACERCA DE DISCOVERY NETWORKS LATIN AMERICA/IBERIA

Discovery Networks, Latin America/Iberia, una unidad de Discovery Communications, Inc., (DCI) con sede en Miami, Florida, llega a televidentes con varias señales especialmente diseñadas y manejadas desde el ultramoderno centro televisivo de la compañía. Discovery Networks, Latin America/Iberia está formado por seis canales que transmiten las 24 horas del día: Discovery Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Health, Discovery Travel & Adventure, Animal Planet y People+Arts, estos dos últimos producto de la sociedad con BBC Worldwide Ltd. Para obtener información ampliada sobre cada uno de los canales de la cadena Discovery y otros productos de la empresa, puede visitar la página web: www.discoveryespanol.com o www.discoveryportugues.com .

Discovery Communications, Inc. And Discovery Channel Global Education Fund Honored At White House Event

August 7, 2000

WASHINGTON - Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson will honor Discovery Communications, Inc. and Discovery Channel Global Education Fund (DCGEF) for their support in bridging the international digital divide at a White House ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room Tuesday August 8th.

To significantly address the growing knowledge gap between developing and developed countries Discovery Communications established the Global Education Fund to provide communities with technology, training and programming to raise educational opportunities and access to information.

DCI President and Chief Operating Officer Judith A. McHale emphasized DCI's commitment to bridging the digital divide and continued support for Discovery Channel Global Education Fund. "Discovery is committed to using solar and satellite technology to support educational efforts that make a tangible difference in the lives of people around the world," said McHale.

Sponsored by Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) and other corporate and individual contributors, DCGEF is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to improving the educational opportunities of underresourced communities by using modern technology as a vehicle to improve education, increase income generation, and provide additional information on combating international challenges such as AIDS. Working closely with local communities, DCGEF establishes learning center sites equipped with satellite dishes, televisions and VCR equipment, training and regionally tailored education videos.

While working in concert with local communities and organizations, DCGEF establishes "high tech" learning centers in underresourced schools by providing satellite dishes, televisions and videocassette recorders. In addition to the technological hardware, DCGEF also provides the learning centers with educational programming designed to complement their local curriculum.

"Modern technology can bring even the most remote African villages the same educational resources available to communities in the developed world. DCI applauds the activities of Discovery Channel Global Education Fund and The Hathaway Foundation that work so hard to bridge the global digital divide," said Discovery International President Dawn McCall, accepting the Award on behalf of DCI.

DCGEF's learning center project is currently established at 54 schools and community centers in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Mexico and Peru. By the end of 2000, DCGEF will expand to over 150 new sites throughout these countries. Plans are underway to expand to Asia in 2001.

Discovery Channel Global Education Fund Forges Partnerships To Bridge Digital Divide In Ugandan Schools

July 13, 2000

LUWERO, Uganda-President Yoweri Museveni will celebrate Discovery Channel Global Education Fund's (DCGEF) and Solar Light for the Churches of Africa's (SLFCA) partnership to provide underresourced Ugandan and Tanzanian schools with solar power, lights and technology-based educational tools at an event on July 21 at St. Jude Primary School in Luwero, Uganda.

The event highlights the progress made to bridge the international digital divide affecting many African communities and bring advanced technology and information to children and adults. The event also marks SLFCA's 1000th solar installation in East Africa - and the first in a wave of schools to receive solar power and DCGEF resources in the next two months. Attendees in addition to SLFCA and DCGEF representatives will include the first lady of Uganda, Janet Museveni, (patroness of SLFCA), representative from Uganda's Ministry of Education, and numerous members of the church and local community.

Multichoice, a digital satellite provider headquartered in South Africa, is also partnering in this initiative to provide the sites with free monthly satellite subscriptions for select channels. Multichoice-Uganda, a new sponsor for DCGEF learning centers, is also donating satellite equipment to St. Jude Primary School.

"We're proud to partner with Solar Light for the Churches of Africa and Multichoice to give communities the benefits of electricity and educational resources through technology," said Gail Ifshin, executive director, DCGEF. "Bridging the digital divide offers communities increased access to local information as well as providing a window to the world."

The donation signals the beginning of an exciting initiative in which new technology brings reliable sources of light, and new sights and sounds via TV and Satellite technology to Ugandan and Tanzanian communities. In collaboration with the White House's Millenium Council, this public-private sector partnership took shape in 1999 as part of the Department of Energy-led Village Power 2000 initiative. All of the schools participating in the program will use solar panels made by United Solar Systems Corp., a U.S.-based solar panel manufacturer. In most cases solar power will provide communities with electricity for the first time, and in some it will replace unreliable and expensive sources of power.

Solar power "provides these communities with the fundamental resource of electric power that gives them light to extend the working day" said Bishop Alden Hathaway, founder of the Hathaway Foundation. "It gives them the possibility of communicating through computers, TV and cell phones and opens them up to all kinds of economic and social development."

The U.S.-based Hathaway Foundation, a nonprofit group that raises funds to electrify schools, churches and orphanages in East Africa, is sponsoring SLFCA's Uganda Youth Mission 2000. Six of the 15 schools receiving the DCGEF project and solar power will have their installations completed by Ugandan, Tanzanian and American teenagers representing the SLFCA mission. The trip slated for July 20-August 2, 2000 will include a small DCGEF delegation. During the installations DCGEF will bring each school into the fold of its learning center project.

Working closely with local communities, DCGEF establishes learning center sites equipped with satellite dishes, televisions and VCR equipment and regionally tailored education videos in needy schools and community centers around the world. Drawn from a variety of resources including Discovery's vast content library, programming is reversioned and designed to suit the language, customs and cultural needs of each region. In addition to equipment and programming, curriculum guides and training are provided to local educators and community leaders to ensure that each site is established as an ongoing community resource.

DCGEF's learning center project is currently established at 46 schools and community centers in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Tanzania, Mexico and Peru. By the end of 2000, DCGEF will expand to over 150 new sites throughout these countries. Plans are underway to expand to Asia in 2001.

Sponsored by Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI) and other corporate and individual contributors, DCGEF is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to improving the educational opportunities of underresourced communities throughout the world through the use of technology.

Contributions from corporate sponsors and individuals enable the Fund to extend its reach, bringing valuable educational resources to populations in need.

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