Planting seeds
By: Anna Park & Ben Hewitt
Contributors: Hewitt, Ben
Series: On the record
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780531225592
Subjects: Poor; Philanthropists; Partners in Health (Organization); Tree planters (Persons); Physicians; Environmentalists; Women philanthropists; Feminists; Medical care; Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: "Dr. Paul Farmer left the U.S. to live with the world's poor. He cofounded Partners in Health to try to secure healthcare for the people of Haiti; the organization also has projects in Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, and Peru. Wangari Maathai was a feminist and environmentalist who started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. The 30,000 women of the movement have planted more than 40 million trees"--Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Healthy Obsession : Paul Farmer; title: A Stupid Death; title: The Blue Bird Inn; title: Healing Power; title: Beating Tuberculosis; title: Going Global; title: Scenes from Hell; title: Woman Warrior : Wangari Maathai; title: Tree of Life; title: Education of a Woman; title: A Green Belt; title: Behave, Women!; title: Democracy Now; title: A Prize for Peace.