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Burden of Proof: World Learning Director Discovers Truth, Betrayal in Romanian Secret Police File
A new book uncovers the files that the Romanian Secret Police kept on Dorin Tudoran, director of World Learning's Democracy Fellows Program and one of the Ceausescu regime's sharpest critics in the early 1980s.
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Turkish, Armenian Youth Team Up for Basketball Exchange
The opportunity to be coached by former NBA player George Mureşan awaits two dozen Armenian and Turkish teens who are taking part in a sports exchange program August 19-29 in Turkey.
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Iraqi and American teens build bonds in Vermont
A group of Iraqi chaperones sits on the campus of World Learning in Brattleboro brainstorming ways to break barriers that divide nations. A local news station features World Learning's Iraqi Young Leader Exchange Program.
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World Learning International Development Programs focus on a single purpose: to bridge the gap between the desire for human development and the ability to achieve that goal.
Programs in more than 20 countries work to enhance the capacity of individuals, communities, and institutions to take ownership of their own development, secure just and effective policies and structures, and create sustainable positive change.
The aim of each project is to build the knowledge, attitude, skills, awareness, and practical applications necessary to address critical global issues such as poverty and exclusion, the spread of HIV/AIDS, the marginalization of women and children, the global education crisis, and the urgent need for government accountability.
World Learning achieves this goal through five primary program focus areas:
