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Author Topic: Three Cups of Tea  (Read 68850 times)
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« Reply To This #10 on: December 03, 2007, 08:26:47 AM »
How many of you guys have read Muhammad Yunus' "Banker to the Poor" book?  Just curious about your impressions of that one as well...I read it last week and without elaborating too much it was a phenomenal story to say the least.
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My only solace is that I find a peaceful place where I might be resigned to my depriving loneliness.
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« Reply To This #11 on: December 03, 2007, 01:22:36 PM »
There's a good piece about Mortenson's work in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

http://www.ikat.org/articles/2007/09-29-07SeattlePI.htm


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« Reply To This #12 on: December 03, 2007, 01:29:19 PM »
Quote from: Ahimsa Steve on December 03, 2007, 08:26:47 AM
How many of you guys have read Muhammad Yunus' "Banker to the Poor" book?  Just curious about your impressions of that one as well...I read it last week and without elaborating too much it was a phenomenal story to say the least.

I read it and recommend it HIGHLY and there's a thread for discussing microfinance books at http://www.kivafriends.org/index.php/topic,377.0.html

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« Reply To This #13 on: December 03, 2007, 01:31:05 PM »
Thanks for posting that Dottie, EXCELLENT article.  Can't wait to read the book . . . and find more Kiva loans for education!
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« Reply To This #14 on: December 03, 2007, 01:38:40 PM »
Quote from: Eli on December 03, 2007, 01:31:05 PM
Thanks for posting that Dottie, EXCELLENT article.  Can't wait to read the book . . . and find more Kiva loans for education!

I liked the African saying they quoted: "If you educate a boy you educate an individual, but if you educate a girl you educate a community."

You can support Mortenson's work through the Central Asia Institute, http://www.ikat.org/

(They're also selling a calendar.)  Smiley

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« Reply To This #15 on: December 03, 2007, 05:52:45 PM »
Thanks to everyone for the recommendation.  We have ordered the book.  Sounds like a winner!  It should help with our other addiction.

 Reading.... Reading

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« Reply To This #16 on: December 12, 2007, 06:06:17 PM »
I got to met the author and hear him speak last year
at the Carter Center.

What an amazing person!!! speaks swahili too.

Mark
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« Reply To This #17 on: December 12, 2007, 06:35:02 PM »
Is he currently scheduling any upcoming speaking events that anyone knows of?
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« Reply To This #18 on: December 12, 2007, 07:58:47 PM »
There's a list of his 2008 speaking engagements on his website at http://www.threecupsoftea.com/BookTour2008.php

I'm hoping to catch him in Charlotteslivve, VA, in March.

The home page is at www.ikat.org. It's about as easy to navigate as Kiva.  Wink

(Don't miss the articles at http://www.ikat.org/articles.html)


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« Reply To This #19 on: December 12, 2007, 08:11:21 PM »
Folks who've read "Three Cups of Tea" might want to read Greg's article in Parade magazine about the earthquake in Pakisan two years ago.

http://www.ikat.org/articles/2006/03-05-06ParadeArticle.pdf

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