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I Believe in ZERO: Learning from the World's Children
First-hand, 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
In I Believe in ZERO, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl M. Stern draws on her travels around the world, offering memorable stories that present powerful and sometimes counter-intuitive lessons about life. I Believe in ZERO 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.
Each of the stories in I Believe in ZERO focuses on a particular locale—Bangladesh, Mozambique, earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the Brazilian Amazon—and weaves together fascinating 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. Stern tells of mothers coming together to affect change, of local communities with valuable perspectives of their own, and of children who continue to sustain their dreams and hopes even in the most dire of situations. Throughout, Stern traces her emerging global consciousness—and describes how these stories can positively impact our own children.
In this incredibly moving book, Stern hopes to open hearts and minds and leave readers with the belief that no child anywhere should lack basic human support—and that every child and mother can be an inspiration.
In I Believe in ZERO, President and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF Caryl M. Stern draws on her travels around the world, offering memorable stories that present powerful and sometimes counter-intuitive lessons about life. I Believe in ZERO 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.
Each of the stories in I Believe in ZERO focuses on a particular locale—Bangladesh, Mozambique, earthquake-ravaged Haiti, the Brazilian Amazon—and weaves together fascinating 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. Stern tells of mothers coming together to affect change, of local communities with valuable perspectives of their own, and of children who continue to sustain their dreams and hopes even in the most dire of situations. Throughout, Stern traces her emerging global consciousness—and describes how these stories can positively impact our own children.
In this incredibly moving book, Stern hopes to open hearts and minds and leave readers with the belief that no child anywhere should lack basic human support—and that every child and mother can be an inspiration.
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272 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2013
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February 22, 2023
Need to read more books from a child’s perspective on the world !!
This book changed the way to view people who have less than. Not as people who I can potentially help, but they are much stronger than I because of their resilience and challenges they faced. “They may have been traumatized by the disaster [referring to Haiti earthquake] but they are not merely its victims. They are also it’s survivors.”
This book changed the way to view people who have less than. Not as people who I can potentially help, but they are much stronger than I because of their resilience and challenges they faced. “They may have been traumatized by the disaster [referring to Haiti earthquake] but they are not merely its victims. They are also it’s survivors.”
September 13, 2019
This book is amazing, and very eye opening. It really showed me what the US Fund does, and how it directly impacts those in need around the world. Super inspiring too. The quality of writing is very high, and I loved it.
August 11, 2016
I quickly read after hearing the author speak at Seattle Town Hall.
November 17, 2013
Care for the world's peoples - donate time, money, ....
January 20, 2014
Pg. 108 "Beauty certainly doesn't compensate for horror, but it does provide some respite, stirring compassion and generosity within us, and in this way, opening a pathway for hope."
January 22, 2014
Loved it!!!
January 23, 2014
heart-wrenching stories of children
September 4, 2014
Beautiful. SO beautiful.
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