Are we doing enough to end world poverty?

Shawn Ahmed, former student of the University of Notre Dame is on a mission to end world poverty. After attending the 2006 Notre Dame Forum on Global Health and meeting Dr. Jeffery Sachs (author of the book "The End of Poverty"), he was inspired to travel to Bangladesh for a small, short-term, and self-funded project to see what difference he could make in helping some of the world's worst off.

"His message was simple, compelling, and powerful," says Ahmed. "According to Dr. Sachs, poverty can be ended in our lifetime. Not in the distant future - but within the lifetime of my generation. Most importantly, it doesn

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