Along the same lines of my "Africa" post, yesterday I stumbled across "The Uncultured Project". Shawn Ahmed is a Notre Dame grad who was influenced by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, an author and speaker, who spoke at Notre Dame on September 14, 2006. One of Sach's books is titled The End of Poverty.
The speech along with the book inspired Shawn Ahmed to make a difference. He went to Bangladesh and worked and spoke with many of the poorest villagers. He brought with him many water purification tools and mosquito nets, in order to help flood victims. The people he interviews are quite remarkable, to say the least. But I don't need to tell you, check it out for yourself.
YouTube http://youtube.com/user/UnculturedProject
Blog http://uncultured.com/
(I don't know if there's some protocol for linking on blogs, but it's just me giving props to Shawn for his work)
I find Shawn inspiring and hope to do some similar work in the near future.
Before I saw "The Uncultured Project", I had began making plans to go to South America. Perhaps it's a sign?
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