To Fool the Rain

Haiti's Poor and their Pathway to a Better Life

By: Steven Werlin, Paul Farmer

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Paperback | 24 January 2017

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To Fool the Rain thoughtfully chronicles Steven Werlin's journey with Fonkoze, but it is also the story of Fonkoze itself.

Presented in vivid detail are the lived experiences of Mirlene, Micheline, Ti Rizib, Monique, Rose Marthe, Alta, and other Chemen Lavi Miy participants, who have benefited in many ways from this remarkable program. As Werlin makes clear in To Fool the Rain, there is no single pathway to a better life. The stories of each of these women are the stories of Fonkoze: individual beginnings, challenges, and successes bound together by the themes that pattern life in rural Haiti.

Lacking social safety nets, the poor in Haiti and elsewhere face ongoing and catastrophic cycles of poverty and disease. Fonkoze's pioneering work in solidarity with Haiti's poor has been a crucial step in disrupting such cycles. Fonkoze's model, particularly its Chemen Lavi Miy program, offers a path to security and hope for marginalized women. - From the foreword by Dr. Paul Farmer

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"In To Fool the Rain, Werlin limns pragmatic partnerships to end needless suffering, and gives encouragement and practical inspiration to all those who would seek to do the same." - From the foreword by Dr. Paul Farmer "I want to congratulate the staff and the thousands of CLM participants on their successes - and Steven Werlin for capturing not only the dignity of these women, but also the essence of how this program transforms lives." - Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chairperson, BRAC "Werlin reminds us that the work of human development is ultimately about humans, and that we in government or the international aid community, in order to be more effective, must know and communicate with the people we aim to serve." - Gerald Oriol, Jr., Haiti's Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities "To Fool The Rain should be required reading for anyone who has either dreamed or doubted that a poverty-free world is achievable, or wondered what it would actually take to realize that ideal." - Alex Counts, Founder, the Grameen Foundation "In To Fool the Rain, Steven is able to capture so eloquently and respectfully, the day-to-day lives and struggles of these brave women. It is a prayer lifted on their behalf." - Garcelle Beauvais, Actress, author, and talk show host

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