The Oldest Profession
How a German nonprofit is repurposing sex workers’ skills.
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Dr. Paul Farmer - Partners In Health
Recipient of the 9th Annual Heinz Award for the Human Condition, Paul Farmer is a medical doctor and a professor of anthropology at Harvard's medical school. He shuttles between Harvard and Haiti, where he maintains a practice at Clinique Bon Saveur, a charity hospital he founded. Farmer talks in this audio interview with Globeshakers host Tim Zak about the challenges and rewards of providing healthcare to the poorest of the poor, and the evolving, innovative models for getting drugs to those who need them most.
With Vigor and VIM
How retired healthcare professionals are taking care of the uninsured.
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Habitat for Humanity’s new CEO picks up the hammer.
Carving out a Niche
A Czech social enterprise uses woodworking to help drug addicts.
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Social entrepreneurs have taken the hybrid model to a new level, crafting it into a single structure that can operate as both a for-profit and a nonprofit.