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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A first-generation learner from a nomadic tribal farming community, Raju is a graduate from
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Recently, he also won the Chevening Scholarship that provides a fully-funded education in the UK, apart from unique leadership opportunities.</span>
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As a professional social worker, Raju has been engaged with tribal and rural community development for the last nine years.</span> </p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">More details at</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="https://www.cede.co.in/inspiration/raju-kendre">https://www.cede.co.in/inspiration/raju-kendre</a></span><span style="color:#000000"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ekalvya is a Movement building education and career of underprivileged youth. Details at
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I invited Raju to join the GeoForAll community and mailing list, so he can get more information.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Raju, Welcome</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to GeoForAll. Central to “Geo for All” mission is the belief that knowledge is a public good and Open Principles in Education will provide great opportunities for everyone. Access
to quality education and opportunities is key for getting rid of extreme poverty and enable broadly shared prosperity for all. Looking forward to working and building collaborations with all interested on this open education mission.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may be interested in GeoForAll contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Overview is at</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dear colleagues, As GeoForAll community is spread in universities around the world, I would like to request colleagues to please share information on any scholarships, free training
programs etc in your universities by sharing the information in GeoForAll maillist. Raju will then share relevant opportunities with his team, so more students from economically poor backgrounds can also access these opportunities. </span></p>
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