Duvall Family Foundation
The Duvall Family Foundation wishes to memorialize Velma "Suzy" Keith Duvall,
who had a vision to feed all the starving children of the world!
Our Purpose
- Job-Related Education and Training
- Tuition and Grants, especially Matching Grants
- For any adult (18+) who may for any reason not
qualify for other traditional sources
- Approved technical, trade and instructional
courses that provide for the applicant to advance
in the workplace
- Other non-profit organizations approved by Advisory Board.
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
that is increasingly creating conceptual goods rather than tangible products."
Muhammad Yunus, 67, an American-trained economist from Bangladesh, won last year's Nobel Peace Prize for his revolutionary approach to ending poverty. His concept of micro-loans--giving small sums to poor people to start businesses--is being adopted around the world. We caught up with the globe-trotting visionary: You have said that "charity" is a bad word. Why? YUNUS: "Charity is not a solution. Give a homeless man money, and he'll eat for a day. But the next day, he's back on the same track. We need a system where he can earn his own food." What is the biggest obstacle for the poor? YUNUS: "Society has made the poor believe they're no good. But it's the poor who work the hardest. They work their pants off but don't get anything." Why do you believe that people in poverty can become an economic powerhouse? YUNUS: "Half of the globe subsists on $2 a day. Imagine if you could create an income for them - if they bought one pair of shoes a year or one shirt. You'd need 3 billion more shirts and shoes. More than that, we are wasting their talents and creative genius. We don't even know what we've missed."
