Founded in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, the International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

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Rothlin: We try to work with businesspeople and the younger generation by holding seminars and training programs in leadership and in personal development.

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The data will be analyzed and eventually used to aid the development of safety improvements in road design, cars, and driver training programs.

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However, in each new village it enters, GPFA goes to the village elders and listens to their specific wants and needs, and in return for training and saplings, GPFA always has one condition: women must be active participants and beneficiaries in the enterprise development programs.

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"Philip Morris USA does not want kids to smoke cigarettes, " said spokesman David Sylvia, who noted the company has supported "a number of efforts" to reduce youth smoking, including training clerks to check the ages of customers and supporting youth development programs intended to improve decision-making.

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These include the Economic Development Administration, the Small Business Administration, the 10 federal job training programs, and many more.

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Over the past decade an innovative approach to workforce development, known as sectoral employment, has created industry-specific training programs that prepare and connect unemployed and under-skilled workers to employers desperate to fill skilled vacancies.

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In addition, we might be able to play immersive apps that incorporate the best video game mechanics into brain training programs to enhance cognition, perhaps allowing people to correct neural deficiencies and even delay the development of dementia.

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