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They say wealthier is healthier, and there’s evidence to back that up.

While money alone can’t buy good health, the poor are significantly more likely to experience poor health. But like many of poverty’s symptoms, poor health can also cause poverty.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Much as Aristotle reasoned that both the chicken and the egg must have always existed, we come to a similar conclusion when debating which came first, poverty or tuberculosis (TB)?  Both must have always existed. Poor people around the world are much more susceptible to TB and TB is also a leading cause of poverty around the world.

There’s something quite magical about Cairo. Every morning as we crossed the Nile River from the West Bank to the East on our way to the Garbage District, I couldn’t help but feel captivated by the timeless beauty of Egypt’s capital city. With the desert sun relentlessly beaming down on the city, illuminating the sand-colored buildings and creating a dense haze that partially shadows the Giza Pyramids off in the distance, Cairo is simply objectively beautiful. However, what makes the city absolutely remarkable are the people who live in it.

What does this look like to you?  A small tin building in the middle of a rainforest?  That's what it looks like to me, too.  But what happens inside this building is what counts.  Lives are changed within these sheet metal walls.  It's here that a group of people - mostly women - meet to discuss their futures.  They share ideas, they cultivate dreams, they band together.  This is a safe place for these women, a place where they can share their opinions - something that was unheard of two decades ago in the male-dominated culture of Bangladesh.