"Somewhere bumping along the back roads in Mali, Nick Kristof challenged me to reflect on lessons learned from my 25 years working in Africa first as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1980s and most recently on public health and nutrition programs for Helen Keller International (...) I have had the privilege of seeing first-hand how much good develop assistance can do and the level of commitment and leadership that can be found on the ground." (Quoted from article)