The Prison Fellowship programme in Texas has a recidivism rate under 5%, compared with a national average of around 50%.

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The Foundation also implements the Fellowship for International Understanding programme to facilitate the exchange of information, expertise and experiences between the Philippines and other countries through study visits by the awardees of the Search for Outstanding Teachers.

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As well as the International Laureate programme there are now 46 National fellowship programmes running all over the world.

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The astronomer Sir Patrick Moore was also awarded an honorary fellowship in recognition of his long-running BBC TV programme, The Sky at Night.

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The Fellowship is aimed at people already actively involved in an innovative educational programme and is intended to enable them to document, analyse, and write a resource about their work.

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And a small charity, the Windsor Fellowship, has put over 500 minority children through exactly the sort of programme to which you so object.

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