Tag: Charity
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Non-profit to combat cycle of poverty
A 15-year-old boy roams the streets of a new country. His future looks hopeful, considering he just fled his home in Vietnam after witnessing the devastation of war. Little does he know he’ll be given something that children in his country don’t recognize as a right, but rather as a privilege: free education. Several years…
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Alum starts local branch of international charity
A man, surrounded by 100 others, waits excitedly in the Davidson Auditorium in the Jindal School of Management for the first speaker to come on stage. As the lights dim and the presenter faces the audience, the man sits back and prepares to make a difference in his community. Alumnus Charles Gillis is part of…