CAP Event
Desperately poor.
Afflicted with the most infectious, debilitating diseases our world has known.
Abandoned by modern medicine and technology.
--While others turned away, Dr. Paul Farmer acted, developing a new model of community-based care. He traveled from Roxbury, Massachusetts to Haiti to Peru to the prisons of Siberia to deliver treatment. Countless lives have been spared.--
Join the Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School for this important event.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: Partners in Health & Orphans of Rwanda
A Discussion with Dr. Paul Farmer and Dai Ellis
Thurs., Dec. 6, 2007
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Langdell North
Harvard Law School
As a college and then medical student at Harvard, Paul Farmer found his calling. He embarked on a journey which has changed the way the world treats patients suffering from infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. In 1987, along with some colleagues, he founded Partners In Health, which began working in Haiti and has since become an international health and social justice organization. The work of Dr. Farmer is the subject of the Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder’s book Mountains Beyond Mountains. Now world-renowned for his community-based treatment model, Dr. Farmer will join the Child Advocacy Program for a discussion of the impact of his work on the most vulnerable: children.
Partners In Health has worked with numerous non-profits across the globe, including Orphans of Rwanda (ORI), an organization devoted to orphans and vulnerable children in Rwanda. Dai Ellis, the founder of ORI, will be speaking about his work and collaborations with PIH. The focus of ORI has been on education, specifically on helping Rwandans obtain university degrees by providing them access to a variety of resources including adequate health care, housing, and access to educational resources. Mr. Ellis will describe the founding of his organization and he will discuss more broadly the role of international education in ameliorating inequality. A recent graduate of Yale Law School, Mr. Ellis now works for the Clinton Foundation on programs devoted to providing those afflicted with AIDS and malaria access to appropriate treatment.
Children served by Orphans of Rwanda.
Dr. Farmer and Mr. Ellis challenge us all to consider how we can use the tools of our education to create broad-scale social change.
Introductory remarks will be provided by CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet, who will moderate the session.
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Contact:
- To reach CAP, contact Jessica Budnitz at 617-496-1684 or jbudnitz@law.harvard.edu