“I've learned that solutions to poverty must be driven by discipline, accountability, and market strength, not easy sentimentality. I've learned that many… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
When it comes to solving problems of poverty, impact investing can act as a catalyst, but it is not a silver bullet.… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives,… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I've been working on issues of poverty for more than 20 years, and so it's ironic that the problem that and question… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“If you move through the world with only your compassion, then you walk on only one leg. But if you move through the world… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“We are connected, but the weave is sometimes fragile. (192)” — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more determined I feel to do whatever I can to help release that human potential somehow. Not in a… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“Honorata's story reminds me of the extraordinary power of the human spirit to withstand almost anything. Her story also speaks to the power of… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
