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Ophelia Magdalena Dahl (born May 12, 1964) is a social justice and health care advocate. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a Society in which Justice is achieved in every aspect of society rather than Health care is the prevention treatment and management of illness and the preservation of mental health through the services offered by the medical, Nursing

As of January 2008, Dahl is the president and executive director of Partners In Health (PIH), a Boston, Massachusetts based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor. Partners In Health (PIH is a Boston Massachusetts -based non-profit Health care organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor" A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage "[1] She first encountered Paul Farmer, the future co-founder of PIH, as an eighteen year old volunteer in Haiti, and has since dedicated her life to advocating for social justice and healthcare equity. Paul Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American anthropologist and physician the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole: [2]

As a co-founder and key member of the PIH team, Dahl was featured prominently in Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Partners In Health (PIH is a Boston Massachusetts -based non-profit Health care organization dedicated to providing a "preferential option for the poor" Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, Tracy Kidder's book describing the work of the organization and the life of Dr. Paul Farmer (born October 26, 1959) is an American anthropologist and physician the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945, in New York City) is an American author and Vietnam War veteran Farmer. In 2005, Partners In Health was awarded the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest humanitarian award. Conrad Nicholson Hilton Sr ( December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American Hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotel [3] In December, 2006, Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer received the Union Medal from Union Theological Seminary in New York.

Dahl is the daughter of U. S. actress Patricia Neal and the late British author Roald Dahl. Patricia Neal (born January 20 1926) is an American award-winning Actress of stage and screen Roald Dahl ( 13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British Novelist Short story Writer Dahl contributed to the 2003 book The Roald Dahl Treasury, a collection of her father's stories, memoirs, letters and poetry, and is currently writing a memoir of her father. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. She is a trustee of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, a registered charity with the mission of "telling Roald Dahl’s life story, to care for his archive and to promote a love of creative writing in everyone. The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire, England, which was the home of the children's writer and The definition of charitable organization, and of charity varies according to the country and in some instances the region of the country in which the charitable organization operates " [4]

Dahl graduated from Wellesley College as a Davis Scholar[5] and delivered Wellesley's 2006 commencement address. Wellesley College is a women's liberal arts college, in Wellesley Massachusetts, that opened in 1875 founded by Henry Fowle Durant Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [6] She and her partner Lisa have one child.

References

  1. ^ PIH Governance, Partners in Health Official Site [1]
  2. ^ Remarks by the 2005 International Development Conference Panel on Delivery Innovations [2]
  3. ^ Partners In Health receives 2005 Hilton Humanitarian Prize [3]
  4. ^ Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Official Site[4]
  5. ^ Wellesley Commencement Press Release [5]
  6. ^ Ophelia Dahl's Commencement Address to the Wellesley College Class of 2006 [6]

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