I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE: HOW THE SPIRIT OF UBUNTU INSPIRED AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP AND TRANSFORMED A COMMUNITY
by LIEF, JACOB;THOMPSON, ANDREA
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ˇ@ISBN
9781623366612
ˇ@Subject
BIOGRAPHY
ˇ@Publisher
RODALE PRESS
ˇ@Publication
2015
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
PHILANTHROPISTS WILL DOUBTLESSLY BE ENTHRALLED BY THE STORY OF JACOB LIEF, WHO, AS A COLLEGE STUDENT VISITING SOUTH AFRICA, DISCOVERED THE TRUE MEANING OF HUMANITY AND WENT ON TO FOUND THE UBUNTU EDUCATION FUND. I AM BECAUSE YOU ARE IS BOTH A ROUGH TRANSLATION OF THE WORD ˇ§UBUNTUˇ¨ AND A MANIFESTATION OF THE IDEA ITSELF. IN THIS WORK LIEF DETAILS HIS MEETING AND FRIENDSHIP WITH A LOCAL TEACHER, AND HOW THEIR DEVOTION TO EDUCATION HELPED SHAPE THEIR VISION FOR THE FUND, WHICH OFFERS AND TRULY INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR LIFTING NEEDY CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY.