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Blue Sweater - Jacqueline Novogratz
Blue Sweater
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The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. It all started back home in Virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized... show more
The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who left a career in international banking to spend her life on a quest to understand global poverty and find powerful new ways of tackling it. It all started back home in Virginia, with the blue sweater, a gift that quickly became her prized possession—until the day she outgrew it and gave it away to Goodwill. Eleven years later in Africa, she spotted a young boy wearing that very sweater, with her name still on the tag inside. That the sweater had made its trek all the way to Rwanda was ample evidence, she thought, of how we are all connected, how our actions—and inaction—touch people every day across the globe, people we may never know or meet.From her first stumbling efforts as a young idealist venturing forth in Africa to the creation of the trailblazing organization she runs today, Novogratz tells gripping stories with unforgettable characters—women dancing in a Nairobi slum, unwed mothers starting a bakery, courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds.  She shows, in ways both hilarious and heartbreaking, how traditional charity often fails, but how a new form of philanthropic investing called "patient capital" can help make people self-sufficient and can change millions of lives. More than just an autobiography or a how-to guide to addressing poverty, The Blue Sweater is a call to action that challenges us to grant dignity to the poor and to rethink our engagement with the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781605294766 (1605294764)
ASIN: 1605294764
Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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auntieannie
auntieannie rated it
4.0 The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
I really was drawn into this book, and how she told the story of her life. I particularly noted her reflections on the decision points / turning points. "The next morning, on a long run, I thought about what made Duterimbere successful and what I wanted to do next in my life. I decided to apply to b...
Bookish for life
Bookish for life rated it
4.0 The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
This is another one of those books about one person's path to improve the world - impressive and inspiring, it makes me wish I was more like Jacqueline Novogratz.
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it
4.0 The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Acumen Fund director Jacqueline Novogratz begins her memoir by telling the story of a favorite childhood sweater that she eventually outgrows and gives to the Goodwill. Many years later, on her first trip to Rwanda, she sees a child wearing an identical sweater and discovers it was once hers - her ...
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