num_pages: 272
description: The powerful personal story of Jim Ziolkowski the man behind the organization buildOnwhich turns inner city teens into community leaders at home and abroadand his inspiring mission to change the world one community at a time.Jim Ziolkowski gave up his career in corporate finance to create buildOn a service-oriented program that goes into high-risk areas around the world to work with students in their communities. Under Jims leadership buildOn volunteers have contributed more than 850000 hours of community service and the organization has constructed more than 430 schools worldwide from the South Bronx to Detroit Chicago and Oakland to Haiti Senegal Nicaragua and Nepal.Walk in Their Shoes is packed with the ingredients of a powerful bestseller as it traces Jims story from his transformation from a thrill-seeking twenty-something backpacker to a Harlem-based idealist trying to launch a not-for-profit organization and finally to the head of buildOn.Ziolkowski compellingly chronicles his exciting story of worldwide travel and adventure creating a moving portrait of the power of faith teamwork and the boundless potential of the human spirit. Blessed with relentless optimism and an unshakable faith both of which have fortified his commitment to the poor and the underprivileged Jim Ziolkowskis inspirational memoir reveals that helping and empathizing with others can helpand healourselves.
language: English
title: Walk in Their Shoes: Can One Person Change the World?
publisher: Simon & Schuster