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Interview with W. Douglas Jackson
by Charles Padgett
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W. Douglas Jackson is a man
who has used his incred-
ible intelligence to change
the world for the bet-
ter. Project Cure is on
the frontlines of sav-
ing lives in remote
third world countries.
They enter a broken
and sick community
and heal them, pro-
viding the medical
supplies necessary to
decrease mortality and
increase the standard of
living. It is truly inspir-
ing to hear the journey of
Project Cure, and learn about
the things they do for a humani-
tarian cause.
PROJECT
Q: Tell me more about the back-
was not until he was in Brazil that his
ground of Project Cure, what led to it interpreter, who was a medical stu-
dent, took him to a clinic that was
being the organization it is today?
run by her and her mother that he
A: My father started Project Cure. was inspired to create Project Cure.
When I was a child, he moved to This small clinic had only an exami-
Colorado and got involved in the nation table and the most basic sup-
ski industry. He developed most of plies, yet was the only thing to cater
Winter Park in Vail and was very suc- to a community of around 300,000
cessful. He then discovered that you people. After my father returned to
could be wealthy and not happy. My the United States, he vowed to help.
parents gave away all of their wealth He began collecting medical sup-
and he started doing economic con- plies as one of his friends ran a medi-
sulting for third world countries as cal wholesale business and donated a
a way of giving back. He worked in lot materials. They loaded it all into
places such as Peru and Zimbabwe. It a shipping container and sent it to
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