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Saving the World in Ethiopia: One Child at a Time Independent producer Jake Warga visits a friend who is doing health-relief work in Ethiopia. The woman makes sacrifices and finds herself in odd situations. To Warga, she is a real –- flawed — hero.
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Saving the World in Ethiopia: One Child at a Time

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Saving the World in Ethiopia: One Child at a Time

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Jake Warga

Jenafir at work in Ethiopia.

Jake Warga

Independent producer Jake Warga visits the person he admires the most, his best friend Jenafir. She is doing medical research in Ethiopia. He details the sacrifices she must make and the odd situations she finds herself in while leading a team of ophthalmology students. They are working ceaselessly to treat trachoma, an eye disease eliminated long ago in the developed world. To Warga, she is a real hero.