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Dr. Cary Rasof
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Dr. Cary Rasof, a Family Practice Physician, pursued a career in medicine to serve the poor in developing countries. His committed service to humanity includes medical missions for indigenous people around the world with Doctors Without Borders and with Hearts and Hands, a grassroots humanitarian organization that he and Anne Jones started to help people help themselves and others through sustainable development. His mission is to bring love to the world. www.drcary.org.
A REFUGEE’S STORY A mother and son with AIDS struggle to survive1

A REFUGEE’S STORY: A mother and son with AIDS struggle to survive

Dr. Cary Rasof·September 13, 2019
Living with AIDS Living in a refugee settlement The woman and her boy (by this time he was no longer...
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TEARS OF HUNGER: He’s her eyes and she’s his future…darkness.

Dr. Cary Rasof·November 10, 2012
October 23, 2008 Somewhere in Zambia Standing in front of a human being shedding a single tear that barely has...
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REMEMBERING JOSEPH: Caring for an abandoned child in Rwanda after the genocide

Dr. Cary Rasof·July 24, 2012
The year was 1994. I flew to Kigali, Rwanda at the end of an unprecedented genocide that left over a million people dead. The crocodiles were unable to move from the riverbanks...
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PEOPLE WHO CARE: Dr. Cary Rasof—to heal the world and know the truth

Dr. Cary Rasof·May 1, 2012
My life was a hard life. Who I was wasn’t the norm and feeling different from others I never felt like I fit in. Often times, I would look up at the sky and wonder where my place was in the vastness of it all...
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SILENT HOLOCAUST: My life held together by a safety pin

Dr. Cary Rasof·April 21, 2012
Luapula Province, Zambia / June 19, 2007 / Her name is... / She stands naked at a door post. / When did your mother die? / Tears come to her eyes. / It was 2002, yet five years later her eyes still...
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