In Chapter 6 of 16, micro-philanthropist Adam Carter shares how learning local Cambodian culture while working with orphanages
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separates real local needs from a Westerner perceived needs view. Asking why there are no mattresses, Carter learns children do not lack mattresses - many had been donated but they do not sleep on mattresses. Carter uses this new found knowledge to identify a local need for kitchen supplies, whereupon he uses his Foundation funds to buy the orphanage kitchen supplies.
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