Bibliograph

The new humanitarians, inspiration, innovations, and blueprints for visionaries, edited by Chris E. Stout ; foreword by Mehmet Oz

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Label

The new humanitarians, inspiration, innovations, and blueprints for visionaries, edited by Chris E. Stout ; foreword by Mehmet Oz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The new humanitarians

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

428541777

Responsibility statement

edited by Chris E. Stout ; foreword by Mehmet Oz

Series statement

Praeger perspectivesSocial and psychological issues : challenges and solutions,, 1941-7985

Sub title

inspiration, innovations, and blueprints for visionaries

Summary

From Braille Without Borders and Unite for Sight, to Geekcorps and PeaceWorks, humanitarian groups are working worldwide largely in undeveloped countries to better the lives of the residents. Whether they are empowering people with schools for the blind, prosthetic limbs, the devices to understand and use technology, or the information to work for civil peace, the men and women of these agencies offer tremendous talent to their causes, great dedication and, sometimes, even risk their lives to complete their missions. Working in war or civil war zones, humanitarians with nonprofits, non-governm

Table Of Contents

v. 1. Changing global health inequities -- v. 2. Changing education and relief -- v. 3. Changing sustainable development and social justice

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