You may remember a couple of years ago that the same organization, Angel Missions Haiti, that helped bring children to the States for heart surgery also helped a great number of kids come to the States for brain surgery, Hydrocephalus surgery. I carried one of those babies back to Haiti with me after surgery, and my friend Victor carried one from Haiti to the US on his return trip as well (her name is Pharah).
The surgeon who did those surgeries was Dr. Ben Warf. He had pioneered a new kind of surgical technique during his time in Uganda with Cure International. Our friend, Charles Howard, connected the dots between the needs in Haiti and the willingness of Dr. Warf (who had at that point just returned to the States) to do these surgeries.
Fantastic news! Yesterday this was announced:
The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.
The MacArthur Fellows Program is intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.
The MacArthur Fellowship is a "no strings attached" award in support of people, not projects. Each fellowship comes with a stipend of $500,000 to the recipient, paid out in equal quarterly installments over five years.
Congratulations to our hero, Dr. Ben Warf!!!
Ben
President, Thriving Villages International
Thriving Villages website
http://thrivingvillages.blogspot.com/
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