Through local efforts to advance justice, education, public health, and independent media, the Open Society Institute focuses on improving policy in ways to help people live in fair and democratic societies. From fighting for citizen recognition in Mauritania to providing scholarships to train Roma's next generation of nondiscriminatory health care professionals, OSI is driven by the need to improve the lives of the less fortunate around the world.

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