Here for the first time is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice Farmer encourages young people to tackle the greatest challenges of our times. Engaging often humorous and always inspiring these speeches bring to light the brilliance and force of Farmers vision in a single accessible volume. A mustread for graduates students and everyone seeking to help bend the arc of history toward justice To Repair the World challenges readers to counter failures of imagination that keep billions of people without access to health care safe drinking water decent schools and other basic human rights champions the power of partnership against global poverty climate change and other pressing problems today overturns common assumptions about health disparities around the globe by considering the largescale social forces that determine who gets sick and who has access to health care discusses how hope solidarity faith and hardbitten analysis have animated Farmers service to the poor in Haiti Peru Rwanda Russia and elsewhere and leaves the reader with an uplifting vision that with creativity passion teamwork and determination the next generations can make the world a safer and more humane place.show more