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Tackling Homelessness With a Soccer Ball

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As a journalist in Scotland, Mel Young founded a street paper. Then the football fan thought of a way to gather thousands of homeless people on soccer fields around the globe. And that’s just the beginning of Young’s mission to tackle poverty worldwide.

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US Fellowships in Global Health: What You Need to Know

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A fellowship can be crucial to building a career in global health. A number of U.S. organizations offer fellowships – most are based abroad and open to citizens as well as most U.S. residents.

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Young Association Supports Work of Development NGOs

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A new association is helping its members – mainly nonprofits – to improve the less glamorous, yet crucial, aspects of international development, including financial management, human resources and contracting.

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