The stories she shares about the people she has met show the nobility of the human spirit and the breadth of the desire to stop suffering, to feed the hungry, to care for the sick, to empower the poor - in short, to make the world a better place. Fareed Zakaria, Author of The Post-American World and editor of Newsweek International The decency of Jacqueline Novogratz shines through these pages and so does her strength. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn about whats really going on in the world out there. Its a story about doing enormous good while having some extraordinary experiences and even adventures. Review Quotes This is a wonderful book by a remarkable woman. Jacqueline will donate her paperback royalties to Acumen Fund and other organizations fighting for social change. More than just an autobiography or a how-to guide to addressing poverty, The Blue Sweate r is a call to action that challenges us to grant dignity to the poor and to rethink our engagement with the world. She shows 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. 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. senator Bill Bradley Jacqueline Novogratz 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.

Book Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A book of hope written by a practical idealist who wont take no for an answer when it comes to building a better world.-Former U.S. In that moment, she realizes how all people are connected, which sets the author on a lifelong course to fight poverty worldwide. About the Book Eleven years after donating her blue sweater to Goodwill, Novogratz spotted a young boy in Africa wearing that very sweater.

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