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Proposal Report
SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
* Why Africa?
WHY SHOULD WE HELP?
* It`s their own fault if they are poor
* Jared Diamond and western (cargo)
* Muhammad Yunus and microcredit
* Ineffective aid
* Unscrupulous people
* The system
* Grameen Bank
* It doesn`t affect us, so why should we care?
* The poor will always be with us
* There is no point in giving aid
* Where does all the money go?
* Africa`s onerous challenges
* Africa`s extreme poverty
* Corruption and poor governance
* Lack of modern values and free market economies
* A population explosion?
* Why not leave it to the United Nations and the world
* The UN
* The governments of the world
* Grassroots movements
THE BENEFITS
THE VENTURE ITSELF
* Adopt a village
* What is needed
* Adopt an educational institute
* How students could be involved
* Forming partnerships and getting funding
* The Earth Institute at Columbia University
* Other partnerships
HOW TO AVOID THE MARIE ANTOINETTE SYNDROME
THE ACTION PLAN
CONCLUSION
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Bloomfield, S. (2006, September 21). In a village where aid makes a vital difference. The Independent online edition. Retrieved September 29, 2006, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article1655630.ece
Braham, D. (2006, August 5). A mighty fighter. The Vancouver Sun, pp. A1, A6-A7.
Bramham, D. (2006, December 1). Citizens prove effective as peacemakers and peacekeepers. The Vancouver Sun, pp. A1, A8.
Branswell, H. (2006, Augut 10). The Gates $500 million targets AIDS, TB, malaria. The Vancouver Sun, pp. A1, A2.
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Cayo, D. (2006, April 14). Chance meeting leads to African project. The Vancouver Sun, p. B7.
Diamond, J. (1999). Guns, germs, and steel: The fate of human societies. W.W. Norton & Company: New York.
Dyer, G. (2004). Future tense: The coming world order. McClelland & Stewart: Toronto.
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Lawless, J. (2006, October 18). Adoption was legal: Madonna. The Vancouver Sun. p. A11.
Lewis, S. (2005). Race against time. House of Anansi Press Inc.: Toronto.
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Patten, M. (2006, November 14). Nobel Prize winner had a better idea to help the poor. The Vancouver Sun, p. A7.
Pearce, T. (2006, October 7). Competitive philanthropy: (Good is getting really sexy). The Globe and Mail, p. L2.
Prof. M. Yunus  with borrowers. Grameen -- banking on the poor. Retrieved December 20, 2006 http://www.grameen-info.org/bank/gallery/photon9.html
Sachs, J. (2005). The end of poverty: Economic possibilities for our time. Penguin Books: New York.
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Vancity Credit Union. (2006). Investments with impact: Shared Growth & Shared World term deposits. Vancouver: Author.
Watson, P. & Alam N. (2006, October 14). (Banker to the Poor) wins Nobel Peace Prize. The Vancouver Sun, pp. A1, A13.
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Yunus, M. (2003). Banker to the poor. PublicAffairs, New York.

SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bryson, B. (2004). A short history of nearly everything. Anchor Canada: Toronto.
Cooper, A. (2006). Dispatches from the edge: A memoir of war, disasters, and survival. HarperCollins Publishers: New York.
Moore, M. (2003). Dude, where's my country?  Warner Books: New York.
Moore, M. (2003). Stupid white men. Warner Books: New York. 



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