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INGOs, International Non P governmental Organizations, are non P profits(that are set up specifically(to address(problems(in the developing world, in the poorest countries(of Asia, Latin Ameri ca, Africa. And I've been in this(field almost my( entire career. As(an undergraduate at Tufts(University(in Boston in the late 1970s( and early('80s, this(is(the area that I wanted to study. I focused my(attention on agricultural problems(in Africa and the Caribbean, and then later(joined the Peace Corps, and worked as(a Peace Corps(volunteer(in agriculture in Mauritania, West Africa PP one of the poorest and most isolated, most remote places(in the world.

And throughout my(entire career, my(focus(has(always been on how to provide solutions(to problems(that seem(so difficult and so large that it's almost impossible to think(of how any(small organization can solve them. But the truth is( that these international non P governmental organizations(that I've been par t of my( career(do come up with very(creative solutions. But a lot of times, it's very(much ad hoc, or(making it up as(you go along.

So my(goal in getting a PhD at Walden is(to start to bring some intellectual and academic(rigor(to this(work, or(at least t he work(that I do. I know I'm following in the path of many(other(people. But I've been a practitioner(for(almost 30 years.

And now, to be able to bring that experience and connect it with the intellectual work(that's been done over(the years(in the field of international development, for( me is(very(exciting. It's already(changing the way(that I view my(work. For( example, we run a program(in Southeast Asia called Operation Healthy(Heart that figures(out how to build the capacity(and provide solutions(to ch ildren who are suffering from(congenital heart defects.

Now we've got a whole network(of young people around these countries(who are involved in this(field. What I feel like as(part of this(program(at Walden, I can now bring to them(a true understanding a bout how to build national policy(networks( that can address(these problems(not only(on palliative basis PP meaning we help an individual child get heart surgery(and then the next, and the next, and the next PP but creating national policies(and the national capacity(to address(this( permanently(in an ongoing way(so that we can take care of all the future generations(of children who need this(kind of surgery.

1 ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (( ( ( ( ( ( ( (( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( (( (( ( ( ( (( ( ( ( ( Scholar of Change – John Anner So what I see this(PhD at Walden offering me, and offering my(field, is(an opportunity(to help build t hese organizations(in such a way(that they(can start to address(these problems(with a lot more intellectual capacity, scientific(rigor, and an approach that is(really(focused on solutions(and results. So thank(you very( much. I'm very(excited about this(opp ortunity.