Just under a quarter of the more than 7 000 independent drivers for Shoprite's newly acquired Pingo last-mile delivery platform are South African.

South Africa's unemployment rate fell by more than expected in the third quarter, declining by 1.4 percentage points to 32.1%.

Why and how OM EAST produces Christian comics to reach minority peoples

Partners of OM EAST distribute copies of My First Bible to Nenets children on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Arctic Russia.

OM EAST and a local partner prepare to send copies of the Right Choices Bible to the Nenets tribe on the Yamal Peninsula.

A Crimean Tatar man shares how he gained courage and learnt vital truths through reading Into the Den of the Infidels, produced by OM EAST.

OM EAST produces a new booklet that brings a message of hope to women working in prostitution.

OM EAST responds to the need for Christian books in the Georgian language.

Building Bridges—a name well suited for the ministry at the integration centre in the Linz area — seeks to connect Austrians, immigrants, Christians and Muslims.

One week before Ramadan, 17 participants share God’s love with hundreds of Arab tourists in Zell am See, Austria.

Graphic designers, translators and distributors from 130 organisations meet to develop media for minority languages in Eurasia.

OM Austria has worked with immigrants for 10 years in the "Building Bridges" Team. In 2016, the team will begin working with refugees in Graz.

The OM Austria Building Bridges team gains valuable experience during a short term trip to Turkey.

Thirteen participants from all over the world spent a week getting to know and supporting the refugee work in Linz. Six share about their experiences.

Short-termer Elizabeth from the USA shares some of her experiences working with the Building Bridges Team in Linz, Austria for a month.

Leon and Santjie Potgieter arrive in Austria to work with a church in Linz and help with church planting.

Stories from ReachAUT, an outreach in Austria organised by the Liebenzeller Mission in cooperation with other Christian organisations, including OM.

Over twenty people have been killed in a landslide in Costa Rica, due to heavy rainfall in the Central American country. The disaster caused huge damage in both in the Pacific coast and in a suburb of the capital San José. Together with local churches, OM Costa Rica is organising help for families who lost their homes.

A group from the U.S. demonstrated God’s love during OM Costa Rica’s city outreach, which focused primarily on working within the slums of San José.

A group of Costa Ricans visit a local church in an indigenous region of the country and bring encouragement by serving.

More than 800 children were impacted by the Festival of Smiles 2011 that took place in the indigenous community of Talamanca, Costa Rica.

Through the OM Costa Rica team and volunteers, God provides water to an indigenous community in Talamanca.

OM Costa Rica brings the Festival of Smiles to the Cabécares and Bribri communities in Talamanca, Limón, to give gifts and God’s love to the children.

OM Costa Rica is excited to celebrate a growing ministry. This year the team opened a second OM location in Perez Zeledon, an office responsible for the southern end of Costa Rica and local church partnerships in this region.

Olger Morales shares his testimony of how he came to work in OM full-time after participating in numerous short-term outreaches.

Mercy Teams International and a local church in Phnom Penh bring an Easter celebration to parents and children living in the slum.

A Dutch couple quit their jobs and change the lives of youth on the other side of the world.

OM’s Mercy Teams International and an Out of the Comfort Zone outreach team partner to practically demonstrate God’s love in Kampong Speu.

Abuse, alcohol, drugs, gangs and poverty are the daily realities for many in the slums. Many arrive at OM MTI looking for food, safety, conversation, advise and help.

Education Week spoke to chief equity officers and superintendents for ideas on promoting more equitable education practices in school districts. Here’s what they shared.

Football, wrestling and competitive cheer pose a high risk for COVID-19 spread, while swimming and golf are at the low end of the risk scale developed by a national panel.

"In order to fulfil our mandate, there are several needs we must invest in," says Stephan Bauer.

"If we are serious about planting churches among the least reached as how we do mission, we must always be willing to question, reconsider and reform our paradigms," says Shaun Rossi.

"Every time we communicate, there is potential to inform and inspire others for mission. Shall we not then covenant to ‘tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’?" asks Greg Kernaghan.

In Arctic Russia, reindeer are the Nenets' life. Living among these people, ES longs for the Nenets to know Jesus, the true source of life.

The change to the Title II program will benefit Southern states, while Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania, among others, will see their allocations shrink.

The Education Department wants states to re-submit "equity plans" to ensure that effective teachers are matched with disadvantaged and minority students.

The answer is unclear but "the threat is real," English-language-learner advocacy groups say. The advocates say the Education Department has evaded their questions about the future of the office of English-language acquisition.

A report suggests that the $2.5 billion program should focus more on continuous improvement than on scattershot activities.

The comments come at a time when more foreign-born black people live in the United States than at any time in history—and many of the residents are children enrolled in the nation's K-12 public schools.

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New sheets outlines how districts can support English-learner students, but concedes that "schools may not be able to provide all services in the same manner they are typically provided."

A new report urges districts to pay close attention to how they choose and use technology for students who are not yet fluent in English.

Would measurement approaches based on "learning growth" resolve some of the concerns over NCLB?

Missouri’s educational technology efforts, once fueled by $15 million to $20 million a year in state funding, have been running on fumes from the state for the past three years, according to Deborah K. Sutton, the instructional technology director for the Missouri education department.

It involves pivoting between two laptops, students online and in person, and a lot of safety precautions, writes teacher Mary M. McConnaha.

The strategy of reinforcing good behavior with praise is the least likely to be taught in teacher-prep programs, an analysis finds.