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. Malaria, not long ago just another ignored killer of poor people in poor countries, is now the target of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of research and prevention programs throughout the world. The list of such new “global health” projects goes on and on, with new ones coming on line all the time. But success always brings with it the seeds of failure. There are lots of reasons why these attempts to improve the health of the world’s poorest might fail. There are just as many reasons to hope

Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. It’s a place nearly 100,000 refugees have called home. In Swahili the word Kakuma means “nowhere.” Eventually, programs organized by the United Nations and the United States enabled some of the “Lost Boys” to be moved from Kakuma to America. “The Lost Boys of Sudan” earned their name from the story of Peter Pan – all of their parents were either killed or separated from them. These boys who had lived a harder life than most men, hurried to apply for relocation. Getting

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resources,” said Adams, this year’s student speaker for Commencement. He’s served as a resident assistant, including resident assistant positions with the Social Action and Leadership and First in the Family communities. He says he’s proud to have worked with Residential Life to provide resources and programs that focus on “empowering residents to handle adversities and develop skills to navigate the university campus.” Adams also has served as the youth engagement coordinator at PLU’s Center for

millions of dollars worth of research and prevention programs throughout the world. The list of such new “global health” projects goes on and on, with new ones coming on line all the time. But success always brings with it the seeds of failure. There are lots of reasons why these attempts to improve the health of the world’s poorest might fail. There are just as many reasons to hope they succeed, if only because failure on this front would be to accept ongoing tragedy and disenfranchisement for one

before each screening and a Q&A afterward, both conducted by faculty members of different programs in languages and literatures. For the Uruguayan documentary, the filmmaker Pablo Martínez Pessi will join us to introduce the film and lead the Q&A.About The Festival The Tournées Film Festival is a program of the FACE Foundation (French American Cultural Exchange in Education and the Arts), in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, which aims to bring French cinema to American

peace, Feller said; individually each student has taken a unique path, exploring varying majors, Study Away programs, fieldwork, service, training and hands-on facilitation. “These eight women are special given their capacities for peace-building and the strength gained from working together,” Feller said. “They also are special because they possess a combination of traits vital to this work: confidence, drive, empathy, flexibility, interdisciplinary knowledge, communication competence and patience

Fellowship Founded in the mid-19th century, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) grew rapidly in the early decades of the 20th century. During this period, the YMCA built facilities and offered programs that would develop the “mind, body and spirit” of young men—most of them white and middle-class. During the 1940s and 1950s, the YMCA increasingly served women, children, nonwhites and non-Christians. This broadening of scope demonstrated the YMCA’s adaptability and ultimately led to the 2010