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Getting a Fellowship, From the Ford Foundation
Published on Voice of America's VOANews.com: September 24, 2009
The International Fellowships Program began in 2001. It offers college graduates from areas of the developing world a chance to learn ways to solve problems at home.
Transcript of radio broadcast: 24 September 2009
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
The Ford Foundation in the United States is a charitable organization that calls itself "a partner for social change." It has a study program currently available to college graduates in twenty-two countries and territories in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program offers graduates a chance to continue their studies. The aim is to help them learn ways to solve problems in their own countries...
"People from all walks of life, and particularly from rural areas or marginalized communities, can have access to higher education at the most advanced levels, and our program provides that opportunity."
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