Word: kamal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first, led by S. Shahaid Husain, vice president of the World Bank, focuses on the problem of taking cultural differences in account when formulating development strategies, said Kamal Ahmad '87-88' who founded the ODN in 1983 with his brother, Nazir Ahmad...
...Kamal notices need and gets up and does something about it. He's mobilized people into action on behalf of others, and that's remarkable," says Robert Coles '50, Professor of Psychiatry and president of ODN's board of directors. "Kamal has what Tolstoy calls a great soul...
Just four years after Kamal and Nazir Ahmad created the Overseas Development Network (ODN), the group has chapters at 40 colleges and more than 600 student volunteers. ODN has raised over $300,000 to sponsor, among other things, internship programs in Appalachia, India and Bangladesh...
...hope was that as Americans became involved, they would not only learn more about the Third World, they would learn more about themselves and the U.S.," says Kamal Ahmad '87-'88, a native of Bangladesh. "If Americans try to look at faraway countries and then turn around to look at themselves, they will see a lot more...
Although the initial growth of the organization was largely a result of Kamal Ahmad's work, Timmer says he feels that ODN has transcended the efforts of a single person and will continue to grow after its founder graduates. "ODN used to be made up only of Kamal's friends at different universities," says Timmer. "I think now we have institutionalized the process and ODN is much stronger...