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CSRwire.com - News from International Youth Foundation: 20 Global Youth Leaders Honored: "20 Global Youth Leaders Honored Nokia and International Youth Foundation Select 2007 YOUTHACTIONNET(TM) Fellows
(CSRwire) BALTIMORE, MD - August 16, 2007 - A 21-year-old Canadian working to combat the global sex trade in children and a 28-year-old in the Philippines who provides loans to underprivileged youth to start small enterprises are among the 20 young social entrepreneurs selected as 2007 YouthActionNet(TM) Fellows. Launched in 2001 by the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Nokia, YouthActionNet(TM) is a program that invests in the power and promise of young people to create positive change. 'Each of this year's Fellows has succeeded in creating and managing a social venture, achieving lasting impact with limited resources,' said IYF President and CEO William S. Reese. 'In remarkable ways, they have applied the spirit of entrepreneurship to garner public support for the causes they feel passionate about.'"
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