A vision and practical path of a new partnership of rich and poor
to create a better world. An uncommon memoir, Michael Heyn's
cross-cultural journey through pervasive human adversity
unexpectedly reveals a positive global vision of human decency and
caring relevant as much to America as to Yemen. His journey passes
through 50 years living and working across countries spanning from
the United States to India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, South Pacific
Islands, Nepal, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Thailand, Kosovo,
Bangladesh, South Sudan, Vietnam, and Yemen. His story stretches
from an unsettling childhood to a lifetime in support of the
struggle for justice, opportunity and change of those left on the
far sides of an ever expanding divide between rich and poor. From
living as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a remote Peruvian mountain
village to innumerable confrontations with prejudice, abuse,
deprivation, conflict and war over a long career in service of the
United Nations, Heyn shares what he learned from those caught up on
either side of the chasm. A unique insight into and historical
understanding of both alienation and aspiration that cut through
all human cultures and relations, Heyn envisions a break from the
past isolation of greed and selfishness on the one hand and a stark
hopelessness on the other. This is a voyage of accumulating
discovery that exposes what must change if people are to cross over
the divide to come together for their common good, no matter how
antithetical this may seem. It is a belief in the basic decency of
people both rich and poor as the magic to realise such change. Heyn
sets out a practical path to achieve this goal to be actively
pursued and managed by those bridging the divide. In the face of
seemingly insurmountable odds, it is an exhilarating path that will
benefit all engaged and instill reform of our societies' values and
governing systems. It is the vision of an immense new power of rich
and poor to realise an altered way of life and a better world. In
Search of Decency is a gripping memoir that provides cross cultural
and political analysis, and views on international development. "My
hope is to inspire people, rich and poor, young and old, corporate
leaders and agents of change, that the world can be a more just and
decent place, and that their commitment to join together is the
power to make this happen," says author Michael Heyn.
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