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To Fool The Rain: Haiti’s Poor and their Pathway to a Better Life

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Pub Date Jan 24 2017 | Archive Date Feb 17 2017
Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)

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To Fool the Rain tells the story of the women who use the Chemen Lavi Miyò program’s help to change their families’ lives by Fonkoze (meaning “shoulder to shoulder”), Haiti’s largest microfinance institution. Werlin presents the riveting true-life experiences of the many women impacted by Fonkoze and its Chemen Lavi Miyò program, including the stories of Mirlene, Micheline, Josamène, Monique, Rose Marthe, Alta, and other participants, who have benefited in many ways from this remarkable program.
To Fool the Rain tells the story of the women who use the Chemen Lavi Miyò program’s help to change their families’ lives by Fonkoze (meaning “shoulder to shoulder”), Haiti’s largest microfinance...
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Author Bio:
Steven Werlin, a faculty member at Shimer College, in Chicago, since 1996, first began traveling to Haiti the same year to learn from literacy programs abroad. In 2005, he settled in Kaglo, a small village in the mountains above Port-au-Prince. Since 2010, he has been working for Chemen Lavi Miyò, or CLM, Fonkoze’s program for the extreme poor. He currently acts as CLM’s communications and learning officer.
Author Bio:
Steven Werlin, a faculty member at Shimer College, in Chicago, since 1996, first began traveling to Haiti the same year to learn from literacy programs abroad. In 2005, he settled in...
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ISBN 9780997363319
PRICE $29.95 (USD)

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