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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Beacon of Hope

 


When the author Nicholas Kristof sends off a request for interns in NY Times column, I wish I were still in college then. 'A path Appears' is a good look into what he does, observes and the hope he reports to those who give and those who need.
The book has many examples of lives of people which didnt begin well but with help from others, they broke the cycle of poverty, abuse, crime.
Its unusual for a book on social work to include research,study - which the authors called evidence based charity, where they bring the results from the field back to the lab and change their way of approach to solve problems. Many behavioral studies have been looked at to know the impact of situations like poverty and how they can be changed by mving from microlending to microsaving. Changes in the accountability bring about greater changes.

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