People can't eat our pity, dehydrated children can't drink … - Michael Elmore-Meegan

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People can't eat our pity, dehydrated children can't drink our sorrow nor can a child be educated by our anger at injustice. No one has ever been lifted out of poverty by us being overwhelmed or shocked. The only thing that ends poverty is our actions.

Michael Elmore-Meegan

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About Michael Elmore-Meegan

Thomas Michael Kevin Elmore-Meegan (born 26 March 1959) is a humanitarian, founder of several charities, non-governmental organisations, co-founder of the International Community for Relief Of Starvation and Suffering, author, and specialist in Clinical Epidemiology, and Global Health.

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Alternative Names: Thomas Michael Kevin Elmore-Meegan

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