Planting seeds : who says you can't change the world? /
Anna Park and Ben Hewitt
- New York : Scholastic, 2012
- 112 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
- On the record .
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"Dr. Paul Farmer left the U.S. to live with the world's poor. He cofounded Partners in Health to try to secure healthcare for the people of Haiti; the organization also has projects in Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, and Peru. Wangari Maathai was a feminist and environmentalist who started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya. The 30,000 women of the movement have planted more than 40 million trees"--Provided by the publisher.
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