(NY) IIRR Trustee to lecture with the Center for African Education Tues 10/19

Jane Boorstein, long-time IIRR Trustee and Director of the Partnership for Families and Sustainable Communities at Columbia University, will be lecturing about the Learning Our Way Out (LOWO) Program. Her innovative ideas were funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and were implemented in 15 villages in Ethiopia in partnership with IIRR. 

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Her lecture will focus on images of daily life in rural Ethiopia, the environmental and social challenges of family planning and population growth, and her own experiences in visiting and working with the men and women in these isolated villages.

RSVP required

When: Tues, Oct 19th 4-5:30pm

Where: Columbia University, Gottesman Libraries, 305 Russell

More information here: LOWO Lecture