The Third Wave: A Volunteer Story
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385529163 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Just try not to be inspired after reading The Third Wave! Todd Tavolazzi Alison Thompson is the person my human conscience wishes I would be. From running toward disasters beginning with 9/11 to Sri Lanka after the 2004 earthquake/tsunami to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Alison has been putting her whole heart out there for peo. Five Stars keep up the good works alison. Reyetr said Prepare to be inspired into action!. If you are a person that has watched a disaster unfold and wondered what can one person do? This book will show you the road map. Alison is a living example of what one person can do. Even if you have no "skills" it doesn't take any to hand out a bottle
She and her team helped start new businesses and set up the first tsunami early-warning center in Sri Lanka, which continues to save lives today. The Third Wave tells the inspiring story of how volunteering changed Thompson’s life. It begins with her first real introduction to disaster relief after 9/11 and ends with her more recent efforts in Haiti, where she has helped create and run, with Sean Penn, an internally-displaced-person camp and field hospital for more than 65,000 Haitians who lost their homes in the 2010 earthquake. A few years earlier, she had spent eight months volunteering at Ground Zero after 9/11. As Alison Thompson shows, with some resilience, a healthy sense of humor, and the desire to make a difference, we all have what it takes to change the world for the better.. She’d learned then that when disaster strikes, it’s not just the firemen and Red Cross who are needed—every single person can make a difference. With $300 in cash, some basic medical supplies, and a vague idea that she’d go wherever she was needed, Thompson headed to Sri Lanka. Along with a small team of volunteers, she settled in a coastal town that had been hit especially hard and began tending to people’s injuries, giving out food
She urges readers to redefine heroism by doing whatever they can with examples of small efforts with great impact.”—Publishers Weekly. Her creativity and healing are incomparable in a crisis and deliver the messages that are needed around the world. This book is a must-read and a call to action.”—Donna Karan “Alison Thompson’s fine book The Third Wave teaches and emphasizes the value of effective, appropriate volunteerism, even when severe negative circumstances limit the number of fellow human beings who can be helped.”—Tony Duke, founder of Boys & Girls Harbor“Readers will marvel at Thompson’s ability to leave her life midstream to help others, clearly relishing the adventure as much as the opportunity to serve. “The powerful t
. Her documentary film The Third Wave, about her experience volunteering in Sri Lanka after the tsunami, premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York and was screened at a “Presidential Jury” screening at the 2008 Cannes film festival. In 2010 she was awarded the Order of Australia, the highest civilian medal awarded by Queen Elizabeth II of England, for her volunteer work and her contribution to humankind. Born in Australia, Thompson moved to New York City in 19