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Carol Bellamy (born January 14 1942) has been Director of the Peace Corps Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and President and CEO of World Learning. The FLA protects workers' rights and improves working conditions by promoting adherence to international labor standards. Organizations that fund World Learning include the Tides Foundation and Rockefeller Financial Services.

Carol Bellamy (born January 14 1942) has been Director of the Peace Corps Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and President and CEO of World Learning. She is currently working as Chair of the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative a multidonor trust fund based in Washington DC that aims to reach the Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3 and the Dakar Objectives of Education for All. (www.