After years of working with people living in poverty as the City Missioner for Auckland, New Zealand, Dame Diane Robertson thought she understood a thing or two about what it was like, and the barriers to climbing out of it. But leading the 100 Families Project, which tracked the experiences of 100 families for a full year, showed her how completely wrong she was. This profound insights in this essential talk will change the way you think about poverty forever.
Dame Diane was the City Missioner at the Auckland City Mission. She has instigated and managed databases for a variety of agencies. She was responsible for the collection and analysis of data gathered for the Auckland City Mission’s Family 100 research project, which has become one of New Zealand’s leading authorities on families living in poverty.
Diane is a successful social sector entrepreneur, giving her a unique combination of strong business and financial skills with strong social sector credentials. Her passion is to deliver better outcomes for New Zealanders through the development of sound policies informed by qualitative and quantitative data.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
