Author: Chris E. Stout
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: psychological, issues, challenges, solutions, social, visionaries, humanitarians, inspiration, innovations, blueprints, new
Number of Pages: 1000
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $300.00
ISBN-10: 0275997685
ISBN-13: 9780275997687

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-gover