| Description |
xiii, 210 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
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| Contents |
The meaning of a dress -- A white boy walks into a shebeen -- One crazy summer in the townships -- From HTML to HIV -- The already-colored-in coloring book -- Outputs vs. outcomes -- Our mission is the same, now let's change everything else -- Taking the stage -- A building with wings -- The pathway -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"In 1998, Jacob Lief, a 21-year-old American university student, met school teacher Malizole "Banks" Gwaxula in a township tavern in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After bonding over beers and a shared passion for education, Gwaxula invited Lief to live with him in the township. Inspired by their fortuitous meeting--which brought together two men separated by race, nationality, and age, and by the spirit of ubuntu, roughly translated as 'I am because you are'--the two men embarked on an unexpectedly profound journey. Their vision? To provide vulnerable children in the townships with what every child deserves--everything. Today, their organization, Ubuntu Education Fund, is upending conventional wisdom about how to break the cycle of poverty"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-202) and index. |
| Subject |
Lief, Jacob.
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Ubuntu Education Fund.
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Child welfare -- South Africa.
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Education -- South Africa.
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Children -- Services for -- South Africa.
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Nonprofit organizations -- South Africa.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, Andrea, author.
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| ISBN |
9781623364496 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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1623364493 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9781623366612 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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1623366615 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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