—From a focus talk given by Luis Ramirez on 25th April 2019
Luis was involved in implementing World Bank projects in some of the poorest regions of the world to raise people out of poverty.
Luis was involved in implementing World Bank projects in some of the poorest regions of the world to raise people out of poverty.
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| Argentina: Goats |
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| Argentina: Goats |
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| Farming a large type of guinea pig produces furs as well as meat. |
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| Ghana: Working cassava |
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| Ghana: Processing cassava. They produced so much cassava that the price of cassava went down and we needed to find ways to process more refined products. |
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| Ghana: Women were taught how to make and sell soaps |
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| Ghana: We help them sell their crafts |
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| Ghana: Better equipment for processing cassava |
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| Ghana: These women were maliciously accused of being witches |
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| Ghana: Luis dancing with the "witches" |
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| Ghana: Luis dancing with the "witches" |
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| Ghana: The long walk to the river to collect water |
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| Ghana: Even the smallest children could carry some water |
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| Ghana: Luis pumping water from the new well |
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| Ghana: There was no school for these girls |
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| Ghana: The wonderful teacher for the new school, sitting in the center |
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The main lecture was given by Elizebeth Tucker, principal of Philanthropy & Strategic Engagement for the Grameen Foundation USA which takes a broad approach to tackling the multiple dimensions of the complex problems of poverty.
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