Partners in Health

Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim, two medical students from Harvard, wanted to help people desparately in need. They chose to do it first in Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, when they launched the globally acclaimed, non-profit, Partners in Health.

Dr. Paul Farmer

Tracey Kidder, one of my favorite authors, wrote a splendid book about Paul Farmer. The title is Mountains Beyond Mountains.  The book is a paean to goodness and decency, and it inspired me to put Paul Farmer at the top of my list of contemporary heroic figures. Jim Yong Kim is no slouch either. In fact, President Obama just nominated him to lead the World Bank.  That's very encouragnig news for the world's developing nations and their struggling populations.

Here is a link to Tracey Kidder's, Mountains Beyond Mountains...

http://www.tracykidder.com/books/mountains/