I believe in zero
Subtitle: learning from the world's children
By: Caryl M. Stern, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF ; foreword by Tea Leoni
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781250026248; 9781250026255
Subjects: Social conditions; Children's rights; Children; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies
Description: Firsthand human stories of hope, resilience, determination, and family: a call to see the world's children as our own, by the President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Caryl M. Stern. The book reflects her--and UNICEF's--mission to reduce the number of preventable deaths of children under the age of five from 19,000 each day to zero. Stern draws on her travels around the world, offering memorable stories that present powerful and sometimes counterintuitive lessons about life. Each of the stories focuses on a particular locale--Bangladesh, Mozambique, earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the Brazilian Amazon--and weaves together material on the country and its history, an account of the humanitarian crises at issue, and depictions of the people she meets on the ground. Throughout, Stern traces her emerging global consciousness, and describes how these stories can positively impact our own children.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245) and index.
Table of contents: title: Rosa's walk; title: Witnessing Darfur; title: I believe in zero; title: What we teach our children; title: The white shirts of Haiti; title: Respecting tradition, bringing change; title: The bag makers of Bangladesh; title: The woman in the desert.