Blue Sweater 2

The second part of The Blue Sweater, Jacqueline continues to expand upon her experiences in Africa and trying to end the poverty crisis. Through Jacqueline experiences in doing this charity work in Africa she learned how to listen to people. She learned that actually listening to the people in need and listening to their desire was the key for success. She learned that solving poverty is solely about how much money she can give. But she came to the realization that every problem she encountered had its own distinct solution. Jacqueline does continue to go through some tough times in her life and things that she has to persevere through. Like finding out some of her friends have been killed, or when she was jumped and robbed of most of what she owned. Jacqueline goes on to set up the Acumen fund, which helps her give out grants and expand the reach of her charity efforts. This fund helped her affect people on a wide scale, not just case to case basis.

Jaqueline was very impressive to me through reading this book, not just because of all her social activism and charity work in Africa. But what impressed me the most was her ability not to give up. Things got really hard for her in Africa and there was not alway that "light at the end of the tunnel." But she kept putting one foot in front of the other and by doing that affected thousands of people's lives for the better.