If I Had A Water Buffalo
How To Microfinance Sustainable Futures
Business & Finance, Career Planning & Job Hunting, Consulting, Economics, Sustainable Development
| Author: | Marilyn A. Fitzgerald | ISBN: | 9781614485292 |
| Publisher: | Morgan James Publishing | Publication: | August 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Morgan James Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marilyn A. Fitzgerald |
| ISBN: | 9781614485292 |
| Publisher: | Morgan James Publishing |
| Publication: | August 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Morgan James Publishing |
| Language: | English |
"If I Had a Water Buffalo" poignantly explores the critical difference in outcomes when offering a hand up rather than giving a handout. A seemingly simple request for a water buffalo by an impoverished rice farmer proves to be the catalyst for Dr. Fitzgerald’s global and unending journey in search of a better way to meet the needs of people less fortunate. Woven with both triumph and tragedies, encompassing undertakings in Indonesia, Eastern Europe, South America, and Bangladesh; "If I Had a Water Buffalo" artfully lays out why the approach to helping those in need must incorporate the personal empowerment of the beneficiaries over charity often creating harmful dependency.
"If I Had a Water Buffalo" poignantly explores the critical difference in outcomes when offering a hand up rather than giving a handout. A seemingly simple request for a water buffalo by an impoverished rice farmer proves to be the catalyst for Dr. Fitzgerald’s global and unending journey in search of a better way to meet the needs of people less fortunate. Woven with both triumph and tragedies, encompassing undertakings in Indonesia, Eastern Europe, South America, and Bangladesh; "If I Had a Water Buffalo" artfully lays out why the approach to helping those in need must incorporate the personal empowerment of the beneficiaries over charity often creating harmful dependency.
