South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor by Gem Munro
South Asian Adventures with the Active Poor, by Gem Munro, is an amazing collection of true short stories about some extraordinary women and men in the slums of Bangladesh and how Amarok Society started in Bangladesh.
Climb up into Wahid's bicycle-rickshaw, and ready yourself for the ride of your life - or, rather, of Munni's life, or Rohima's, or Amena's. Take a rare journey into the real slums of South Asia, into the secret heart of what may be the world's least known, least cosmopolitan, most surreal major city, and into the hearts of its poorest inhabitants, where struggles for survival, love and dignity don't lead to game shows, but may lead, perhaps with destiny's intervention, into one of a unique system of schools established by a Canadian family of mother, father and four children who had the double misfortune of seeing the suffering of the extremely poor at close range and designing a program in answer that was too successful to stop.
If you don't find your tour through these stories of discovery, despair, hope and heroism, "as delivered truthfully, humourously and lovingly by G.E.M. Munro", to be truly "gripping, revealing, touching and inspiring", immediately schedule an appointment with a cardiologist: your own heart may be dead.
To read excerpts from this engaging book, click here.
Gem Munro's previous book is 'By the Skin of the Teeth'. See reviews here - scroll 1/2 way down page.
What others are saying
"The book made me laugh, and made me shed a tear or two. One can really appreciate the hope and synergy provided by the miracle of teaching a child. Please send me six more books". Elizabeth Honoridez-Legget, Toronto
"The encounters with people in the book are so real and so natural in their nature, it's a heart warming window into how happiness is a choice." Ihor Zalubniak, Pitt Meadows, BC, Businessman.
"I believe that if you haven't walked the streets, you can't really understand. Well, I have worked in los barrios pobres in Santo Domingo, but those experiences had not prepared me for what I read. I could go on for pages, but suffice to say that the world needs many, many more with the kind of commitment shown in this book, because that is how it is going to change." Douglas Crowe, Toronto, ON, former international aid worker.
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. To teach one is our humane duty. To teach one to teach others is to achieve unasked for grace. Multiply that, as the Munro family has done, manna falls on Bangladesh. Read this book at bedsides, boardrooms and charitable brunches, then send monsoons of money." Dirk McLean, Children's Author, Toronto
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All profits from its sale are donated to Amarok Society. To see more about this book, please click this link: Tangent Books
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