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Page 1: 10 Insights for Empowering the Poor, from Josh Ruxin

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This presentation consists of 10 highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

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Josh RuxinJosh Ruxin is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, Founder and Executive Director of Health Builders (www.globalhealthbuilders.org), and author of A Thousand Hills to Heav-en: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda. He has extensive experi-ence operating at the intersection of public health, business and interna-tional development.

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If you’re open to sharing your voice and heart

to those less fortunate,your contribution to their wellbeing will be immeasurable.

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You don’t have to be a physician or a trained nurse

to have impact.your professional skill set is what’s most often missing.

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Start to apply sound business principles to the public sector

and you’ll built systems that are sustainable and scaleable.

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While poverty is a global issue,success is driven by the needs of local markets.

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To the poor, capital is a luxury,but it’s training and job creation that will stimulate their entrepreneurial vitality.

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Want empower those living in poverty?share the learning and best practices that you know and above all, give them dignity.

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Want empower those living in poverty?share the learning and best practices that you know and above all, give them dignity.

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An investment in women’s educationis one of the most empowering ways to inject confidence in women

and an entire community.

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While micro-financing has its advantages,

it also has its limitations, starting with the excessive borrowing rates.

Be cautious.

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When you pause to see beyond the needs of the poor,

you’ll recognize thatthey, too are human beings with desires similar to yours.

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Give a voice to the poor and watch their innovation soar.

if given the choice, they’d opt not to take charitable donations,

and instead succeed on their own merit.

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