A path appears : transforming lives, creating opportunity

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Label

A path appears : transforming lives, creating opportunity

Title remainder

transforming lives, creating opportunity

Statement of responsibility

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Creator

• trueKristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

Contributor

• WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-

Author

• WuDunn, Sheryl, 1959-
• trueKristof, Nicholas D., 1959-

Subject

• trueCommunity leadership
• Fund raising
• trueFund raising
• trueHumanitarianism
• Humanitarianism
• trueLeadership
• trueSocial action
• Social action
• Social action -- Anecdotes
• trueSocial advocacy
• trueSocial advocates
• Social service
• Social service
• trueSocial work
• trueVolunteer programs
• truePhilanthropy
• trueAltruism
• Charities
• trueCharities
• trueCitizen action groups

Genre

• trueAnecdotes

Language

eng

Summary

In their earlier book, Half the Sky, husband-and-wife team Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn brought to light struggles faced by women and girls around the globe, and showcased individuals and institutions working to address oppression and expand opportunity. A Path Appears is even more ambitious in scale: a sweeping tapestry of people who are making the world a better place and a guide to the ways that we can do the same -- whether with a donation of $5 or $5 million, with our time, by capitalizing on our skills as individuals, or by using the resources of our businesses. With both research and on-the-ground reporting, the authors assay the art and science of giving, identify successful local and global initiatives, and share examples from the front lines of social progress. We meet people like Dr. Gary Slutkin, who developed his landmark Cure Violence program to combat inner-city conflicts in the United States by applying principles of epidemiology; Lester Strong, who left a career as a high-powered television anchor to run an organization bringing in older Americans to tutor students in public schools across the country; MIT development economist Esther Duflo, whose pioneering studies of aid effectiveness have revealed new truths about, among other things, the power of hope; and Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede, who are transforming Kenya's most notorious slum by expanding educational opportunities for girls. A Path Appears offers practical, results-driven advice on how best each of us can give and reveals the lasting benefits we gain in return

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueInspiring

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueLyrical

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

361

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HV48

LC item number

.K75 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography