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April 2006
Banker to the Poor
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner “Bangladesh, a country the size of Florida with a population of over 120 million people, is the home of Grameen Bank, the inspiration of economist Yunus, Bangladesh-born and U.S.-trained. Instead of spending his life as a university [...]
Mountains Beyond Mountains
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder “At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on [...]
Documentary Film Paper Clips
Documentary Film Paper Clips —Changing the World One Classroom at a Time Paper Clips is a true story about how the students and teachers of a middle school took on a project that grew to have a worldwide impact. It tells the moving story of how these students responded to the Holocaust with a promise [...]
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