Nisolo Shoes founder Patrick Woodyard, who participated in the Clinton School Speaker Series last month, is touting his appearance at the school on the Nisolo Shoes blog.
Woodyard discussed Nisolo’s business model, which helps small-scale shoemakers in Northern Peru sell their products to a larger market. Here’s an excerpt of the post on the Nisolo blog:
Patrick first draws listeners in by addressing common misconceptions about the causes of material poverty and those living within it. He notes that inaccurate assumptions about those living in poverty include that the poor have a very defeated spirit, that they remain impoverished because of an unwillingness to work, or, even more commonly, that the poor are not capable of helping themselves and therefore need the help of others. He goes on to note that such common misconceptions about the poor have regrettably shaped the way that those in the developed world (i.e. you and I) choose to go about poverty alleviation efforts, mission work, and even local community service projects.
Click here to watch video of Woodyard’s Clinton School speech.