As a young woman, a stranger helped Ida Puliwa pay for her college education. Her Pentecostal faith and optimism have fueled her to transform her village in Malawi in return. She has developed new agricultural approaches that have more than quadrupled maize production and leads a team of more than 4,000 volunteers that help elderly people in the community, promote education for orphans and plant trees to counter deforestation caused by inefficient cooking practices.

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