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1. Ways Acum en Fund is
3 elimina ting poverty.
And how you can
help…

2. 1 Patient Capital
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disciplined investme rns.
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3. 2 Business Acumen
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Acumen Fun d leverages brilli
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experienc ed fellows, partn
advisors.

4. Dignity,
3 not dependence
work
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- Dut Duriya , a panch membe

5. It’s working…

6. N ew hospitals

7. Clean water

8. Factories m aking bednets
provide jo bs and protect
a
millio ns from malari

9. Improv ed irrigation
for farmers

10. I t has people
talking…
“Africa needs many things, but most of
all it needs capitalists who can start and
run legal companies….People grow out
of poverty when they create small
businesses that employ their neighbors.
Nothing else lasts.”
- Thomas Friedman
New York Times, April 20, 2007

11. Bu t talk is cheap.
We ne ed you to get
involved!
“We have an opportunity to make
change faster than it’s ever been made
before. In fact, it’s not an opportunity
at all. It’s an obligation. If we can do
this, we have no choice but to do it.”
- Seth Godin
Presentation for Acumen,
November 11, 2008

12. I have only two requests.
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#1) Watch the video on th
next slide

13. d
#2) Get involve
Learn. Connect. Donate.
http://www.acumenfund.org/get-involved.html

14. One last request.
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The $5,000 prize will go to
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Thank you.