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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Jeremiah Thoronka, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean student and winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, was honoured to meet His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome last week.<\/a><\/p>\n

A press release from Chegg.org, Jeremiah was accompanied by Chegg President and CEO Dan Rosensweig. He joined 50 students from around the world attending the Pope\u2019s inaugural lecture of the \u201cLaudato Si\u2019\u201d School, to mark the launch of the International Educational Movement Scholas Occurrentes.<\/p>\n

The event, held in the Aula Magna of the Urbaniana University, was attended by personalities from the world of art, sports and technology, representatives of civil society from the countries in which education the movement Scholas is active, including young people who have taken part in the educational programs that the organisation has developed in recent years.<\/p>\n

For a year, these young people will develop projects of socio-environmental impact in their communities and the actions planned for the current year in the various countries in which Scholas is present were announced at the launch event.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. Jeremiah Thoronka, a 21-year-old Sierra Leonean student and winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize, was honoured to meet His Holiness Pope Francis in Rome last week. A press release from Chegg.org, Jeremiah was accompanied by Chegg President and CEO Dan Rosensweig. 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