Summary Of Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest Of Dr. Paul Farmer

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The interconnectedness of the Rich and Poor
Imagine living on less than one dollar a day, thats what more than fifty eight percent of
Haitians live on. This is Haiti. The country where close to eighty percent of the population is poor and half live in extreme poverty, which starkly contrasts to the fourteen percent poverty rate
of the United States. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, by Tracy Kidder tells the remarkable and immensely inspirational story of Dr. Paul Farmer. Farmer works in Haiti at a health clinic where he seeks to provide medical care as well as compassion to Haiti’s economically disadvantaged. In one particular scene in the book, Farmer stands atop a hill and reflects

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