Word: missioneering
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...optimistic for a return to normality: "I told my sheikh friends who've invited me back for a holiday that in five years' time I'll be back, wearing a suit or carrying a backpack." Only if that day comes will the Australians truly be able to consider their mission accomplished...
...about 86% annually, the development consortium Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and others scorned it for having put shareholders ahead of clients. Says Elizabeth Littlefield, CEO of CGAP: "There is some risk that the mainstreaming of microfinance will threaten the very essence of microfinance's core mission: to help poor people lead better lives." At a time when governments, financial institutions and investors are paying more attention to the developing world, the microfinance revolution illustrates the benefits and costs of marrying profitmaking with poverty relief...
...about him from interviews with others, too. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Robert’s oldest child, told me that in the year following his death, her uncle Ted often called to talk about her younger brothers’ problems. He inspired, too. “He made it his mission, I think, to make sure we felt connected to my father and to John Kennedy...
...also made it his mission to keep Harvard connected to President Kennedy. The Institute of Politics (IOP) is a living memorial to his brother. Its mission “to unite and engage students, particularly undergraduates, with academics, politicians, activists, and policymakers” mirrors the commitment to public service Ted’s own father set for his children. At the IOP, Kennedy has missed only two or three board meetings in 38 years; he speaks frequently, meets with students, and has them as interns in his office...
...force to be reckoned with. She has not only had a voice in the creation and implementation of everything we do but has also led more than a few initiatives. She has done the work of at least two employees, all the while being active in Mission Hill and The Seneca, completing her College education, and winning the Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award. She is tireless and selfless and amazing. We will miss her more than words can express...