Regulators are not--repeat, not--empowered to save companies on the verge of collapse.
But a simple rehydration solution given to mothers has empowered them to save their children's lives.
I used to say that these people saved me, but what I now know is that they did something even more important: they empowered me to save myself.
And like Eleanor, I am thankful to my many supporters who have "empowered me to save myself".
Investing in the hardest-to-reach is necessary to lift more people out of poverty, to keep them out of poverty, to help create more demand and to empower them to save and invest in their futures.
First is the "Emergency Savings Challenge," a 90-day program designed to empower women to save toward their emergency funds, boosted by the ability to track their progress on Mint.
In the book she recounts how she withdrew from chemotherapy and radiotherapy after two months and embarked on "a quest to heal myself naturally… empowering myself to save my own life, through nutrition, patience, determination and love – as well as vitamin and Ayurvedic treatments, craniosacral therapy, and a whole lot of other treatments".
Because farmers often apply excess nitrogen to insure yields, much of which ends up as run-off in local waterways, inventions like these have the potential to empower farmers to save money while reducing the environmental consequences of agriculture.
29), and trumpet this year's theme of "Share the Power," it's my pleasure to tell the rest of this story, one that underscores what this global event is all about: inspiring and empowering people to save lives.
Empower others to save themselves.
