Years ago I read Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, about doctor (and amazing human being) Paul Farmer who founded the Partners in Health clinic in Haiti.

His story inspired me to go back to school, to want to design for the other 90% or help create tools that could be used to help victims like those of the latest disaster.

Read more about the book’s impact on others.

If you’re thinking of donating money, consider PIH or The Clinton Foundation.

UPDATE: Jan 14: Here is Kidder’s op-ed piece on PIH in today’s NYT.