Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity
Jacqueline NovogratzHuman beings tend not to spend money on health preventionally. We tend to spend it on top treatment.
Jacqueline NovogratzPeople need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live
Jacqueline NovogratzThe human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives, they will. For too long, we've looked at needing to "save" these people - with an emphasis on "these people" - rather than removing the constraints keeping them from solving their own problems.
Jacqueline Novogratz