Rebel with a Cause

Ray Avery

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Random House NZ, 2010

1869793919 / 9781869793913

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Ray Avery is an amazing person. He is the current New Zealander of the Year because of his clever work in the Third World using his scientific and business knowledge to provide cheap cataract operations, cheap and more effective incubators for babies and other creative scientific solutions. His childhood was very 'Angela's Ashes' - brought up in an orphanage (his own mother had tried to sell him!), then running away and living on the streets. But Ray went on to become a scientist, a millionaire, a very successful businessman and now someone who literally does help to change the world. During the mid-nineties Ray spent most of his time working in Eritrea and Nepal, setting up two world class intraocular lens laboratories. At that time the cost of an intraocular lenses was about US$300 but Ray managed to put the technology together to produce lenses for under US$10.00, making modern cataract surgery accessible to the poor throughout Africa and Asia.Today these laboratories produce over 10% of the world's supply of intraocular lenses. Today he encourages other talented people to get on board and tackle some of the really big problems confronting the poor in developing countries. From his garage in Mt Eden, Auckland Ray manages a global network of experts to work on specific projects and somehow everyone finds themselves donating their time and knowledge for free - and they are rewarded by making a difference. Book slightly bent. 268 pages.…

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Titolo
Rebel with a Cause
Autore
Ray Avery
Editore
Random House NZ
Anno di pubblicazione
2010
Condizione
Good
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Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1869793919
ISBN 13
9781869793913
Peso dell'articolo
600 grammi
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