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The Williams ClubEpisode 9 - Building a Better WorldThe final episode in this series features the story of Deo Niyizonkiza, founder and CEO of Village Health Works, an organization that provides healthcare and education services in the small East African country of Burundi. Deo was the the subject of the 2009 book “Strength in What Remains” by Tracy Kidder, which was hailed by the New York Times and many others. He received an honorary doctorate from Williams College in 2013. In 2019, the Williams Club hosted a special evening with Deo, in which he talked about his incredible story from refugee to peacemaker and healthcare leader. Village Health Works continues to t...2023-12-011h 04
5 Minutes on the FarmKaty Dickson: Coming Home to Christensen’s Farm
Katy Dickson was 6 months pregnant, finishing grad school in elementary education and teaching on an Indian reservation in New Mexico, when she realized she wanted to move home to Wisconsin and grow organic food. After spending about 12 years living and working across the U.S. and serving in the Peace Corps in Nepal., she ended up on land across the road from the dairy farm where she grew up.
Today, she grows about 7 acres of organic produce and sells the eggs from about 400 pastured chickens at Christensen’s Farm near Browntown, Wisc. Her farm is west...2017-09-2805 min