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Nelson Mandela’s words at the Launch of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund in Mahlamba Ndlopfu Pretoria South Africa back in 1995 continue to resonate with theorists, politicians, policy makers and practitioners across jurisdictions and through many years.
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Hopkins, L., Barnett, T. (2015). Learning at the Health and Education Interface. In: Riele, K.t., Gorur, R. (eds) Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-121-2_10
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