Last week, Carrboro High School teacher Matt Cone led a group of students to New York City for a three-day visit to discuss global aid and development with some of the world’s leading experts.

The students were from Carrboro’s Global Health Club. The trip was organized in conjunction with Pope Francis’ visit to New York, but also in conjunction with the Global Citizen Festival, which brought leading development experts together from around the world. (Bono, Michelle Obama, Malala Yousafzai, and Beyonce were also on hand.)

From Thursday through Saturday, the students met with about a dozen experts, including author William Easterly and Wagner School of Public Service professor Sonia Ospina, discussing a variety of approaches to global development from microloans to national aid programs.

Matt Cone and students Hope Anderson and Lucia Lozano-Robledo stopped by WCHL on Thursday and shared their experiences with Aaron Keck.

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