University of California President Mark Yudof spoke to an audience of East Los Angeles high school students Monday to reaffirm the UC's commitment to financial accessibility for students. Read more...

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UC President Mark Yudof spoke at Roosevelt High School about pursuing higher education.

The shirtless 17-year-old, engulfed by a mess of bodies and flailing limbs, jabbed his bare foot at a soccer ball pinned between bamboo stalks. Lanh reached down, grabbed the ball with his hands and booted it upfield with a grin. Game on. Read more...

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The SOS Children’s Village in Quang Bình Province is an internationally funded orphanage that is comprised of 12 homes, each with about 10 children and one caretaker. The orphanage grows its own fruits and vegetables and sends the children to a local school, creating opportunities for social mobility.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam "”mdash; Defeated, the mother stands in the street with her young daughter. "I'd like to go home," the 7-year-old whispers, her tiny arms clinging to a giant stuffed bear. The mother and daughter had traveled 13 hours by bus from central Vietnam to one of the country's leading hospitals, only to be sent away by the doctors. Hien Thu Thi Vo's congenital heart defect would go untreated. Read more...

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Vui Thi Nguyen and her 7-year-old daughter, Hien, prepare to leave Ho Chi Minh City after days of tests and waiting for news of Hien’s heart condition and impending surgery. The pair will travel 13 hours by bus to return to Gia Lai Province after being told the young girl is too weak for surgery.