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Thomas R. Carper: If you feed a person for a day, you can do that, but if you want to help a person eat for life, you teach them how to…

On the recordJune 21, 2023
If you feed a person for a day, you can do that, but if you want to help a person eat for life, you teach them how to fish.
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Thomas R. Carper

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Carper emphasizes the importance of teaching skills for long-term self-sufficiency.

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