WASHINGTON, D.C. - Citing immigrants’ absolute faith in the American dream, Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has given a call to “end extreme poverty in our lifetime.” “This is now achievable, but only if all of us-from science, business, government, and faith-come together for the poor,” he said delivering the keynote at the 62nd National Prayer Breakfast.
“We can end extreme poverty for the 1.1 billion people who live on a dollar-and-a- quarter a day,” said the highest ranking Indian-American in the Obama administration. Such prayer groups are helping leaders worldwide to serve with greater moral courage, Shah said. President Barack Obama attending his sixth prayer breakfast, bringing together legislators, officials, and clergy from all faiths and political ideologies, focused on the importance of freedom of religion - not only in America, but also around the world.
“History shows that nations that uphold the rights of their people, including the freedom of religion, are ultimately more just and more peaceful and more successful.
“History shows that nations that uphold the rights of their people, including the freedom of religion, are ultimately more just and more peaceful and more successful.
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