Freedom From Want

April 14, 2009

Listen to author Ian Smillie talk about Freedom From Want on WTBQ-AM

Tomorrow morning Ian Smillie, author of Freedom From Want, will talk with WTBQ-AM morning show host Frank Truatt about his new tell-all book about about the evolution of BRAC, which comes out today! Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning at 7:15 am to hear Ian!
April 14, 2009

How Social Entrepreneurship Transformed 100 Million Lives, and Other Inspiring Stories from the Biggest Non Profit You’ve Never Heard Of

Fazle Hasan Abed returned to Bangladesh in 1972 following a devastating cyclone and liberation war to launch a small disaster relief effort. His organization, BRAC, still headquartered in Bangladesh, now touches the lives of over 100 million poor people. Today it is showing women, girls and their communities, from Afghanistan to Uganda, a path to hope and prosperity.
March 31, 2009

New York Times columnist, David Brooks, writes about Afghanistan

New York Times columnist, David Brooks, has just returned from a trip to Afghanistan. In his recent columns he writes about the perils of the social fragmentation, fractured village structure and decimated social capital that have resulted from decades of war.