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Mimi's Village and How Basic Health Care Transformed It

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In this addition to the CitizenKid collection of inspiring stories from around the globe, Mimi Malaho and her family help bring basic health care to their community. By making small changes like sleeping under mosquito nets and big ones like building a clinic with outside help, the Malahos and their neighbours transform their Kenyan village from one afraid of illness to a thriving community. "A great resource for introducing children to the issues surrounding global health and empowering them to get involved." - Ophelia Dahl, Executive Director, Partners In Health AGES: 8-12 AUTHOR: Katie Smith Milway is a partner in Bridgespan's Boston office and a leader of the firm's knowledge group. She brings to the job a background in journalism, nonprofit management and strategy consulting. Prior to joining Bridgespan she was a senior director and founding publisher at Bain and Company, where she built and managed a global team of editors and writers who guided the transformation of Bain's intellectual capital into external and internal publications. Eugenie graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1965. Her paintings from Earth Magic and One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference are at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Colour illustrations

Author Biography:

Katie Smith Milway, a native of Vancouver, B.C., has coordinated community development programs in Africa and Latin America for Food for the Hungry; consulted on village banking in Senegal with World Vision and was a delegate to the 1992 Earth Summit. She has written books and articles on sustainable development and is currently a partner at nonprofit consultancy The Bridgespan Group, based in Boston, Massachusetts.Eugenie Fernandes is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator. Her many works include the Little Mouse series, Earth Magic, One Hen and Kitten's Spring. She lives in southern Ontario.
Release date NZ
May 1st, 2014
Audience
  • Children / Juvenile
Contributor
  • Illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Interest Age
From 8 to 12 years
Pages
32
Reading Age
From 8 to 12 years
Dimensions
237x311x13
ISBN-13
9781554537228
Product ID
19863762

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