There is power in creating a small model, and then you can create an alliance of other small models.

We have to remember that the girls and the women are most isolated and violated and victimized and made invisible in those very societies where our men and our boys feel disempowered, unable to provide.

I'm relentless in that I deeply believe in people.

There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really top down solutions that require government-to-government support and aid.

We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet.

The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be.

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.