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Zilda Arns (Neumann)

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The Resume

    (August 25, 1934-January 13, 2010)
    Born in Forquilhinha, Brazil
    Physician and humanitarian
    Founded Pastoral da Crianca, an organization dedicated to lowering infant mortality in Brazil in 1983
    Killed during the Haitian earthquake of 2010
    Pastoral da Crianca taught inexperienced mothers about the importance of breastfeeding and vaccinations and how to combat diarrhea (a leading cause of infant deaths in the third world) with proper hydration

Why she might be annoying:

    She did little to address the root causes of poverty.
    She lost the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize to Muhammad Yunus, a banker.
    She kept dying her hair long after it was fooling anyone.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her program/system was a staggering success, in areas it reached, infant mortality was reduced to 11 children per 1,000 versus Brazil's overall rate of 22.5 per 1,000.
    She lost her first child at three days of age, another child to an auto accident, and her husband died trying to save a child from drowning.
    Inspired by her physician father, she spent her fifty year career as a doctor helping the poor.
    Knowing that the poor of Brazil distrusted the government, she acted as a private citizen.
    She avoided any type of personal publicity.
    She was killed in Haiti by an earthquake while trying to install her program there.
    When Pat Robertson said that the Haitian earthquake of 2010 was God's judgment against Haiti, does he think God meant to kill her too?

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 330 Votes: 43.94% Annoying