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Monday, March 30, 2020
Living with a mental illness can affect almost every aspect of a person's life, including their ability to hold a job, maintain relationships, and carry out day-to-day tasks. In 2017, the World Health Organization calculated 792 million people worldwide suffered from a mental health disorder, ranking mental illness among the most common causes of disability. Why then, do those seeking...
Learn moreWednesday, March 11, 2020
CRDF Global – along with more than 900 government agency representatives, advocates, and leaders in the international exchange field – attended the Global Ties U.S. 2020 National Meeting from January 22-25 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC. The four-day conference hosted over 50 sessions examining the role of professional exchange programs in advancing U.S. foreign...
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At the start the Ebola outbreak in 2014, I traveled to West Africa to lead a CRDF Global project on emergency response and preparedness. I walked into an abandoned hospital in the middle of Liberia, where I found two brave nurses delivering a baby. I asked them about the risks they faced, and they replied, “Ebola doesn’t stop babies and the need for us.” It was there that...
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