I'm One Of Six Kids,

If I Am Hungry, That Is A Material Problem; If Someone Else Is Hungry, That Is A Spiritual Problem.

Lean Water And Health Care And School And Food And Tin Roofs And Cement Floor, All Of These Things Should Constitute A Set Of Basics That People Must Have As Birthrights.

But As For Activism, My Parents Did What They Could, Given The Constraints, But Were Never Involved In The Causes I Think Of When I Think Of Activists.

We've Taken On The Major Health Problems Of The Poorest - Tuberculosis, Maternal Mortality, Aids, Malaria - In Four Countries. We've Scored Some Victories In The Sense That We've Cured Or Treated Thousands And Changed The Discourse About What Is Possible.

I Think, Sometimes, That I'm Going Nuts, And That Perhaps There Is Something Good About Blocking Clean Water For Those Who Have None, Making Sure That Illiterate Children Remain So, And Preventing The Resuscitation Of The Public Health Sector In The Country Most In Need Of It. Lunacy Is What It Is.