words carefully chosen by Jon and Nancy
Levin, Miles' parents, honors his life and
legacy.
"I hope they think
their dad is making a
difference," he says.
But the foundation in his name is mainly
concerned with the living. Making sure
villagers have clean water, sanitation and
access to at least some health care is the
impact Richard Keidan really wants to
have on this world. He has taken his own
two kids, Rachel, who just graduated from
the University of Michigan, and Micah, a
sophomore at Michigan State, to Nepal to
see what he's doing.
There seems to be little
doubt of that.
■
Writer, commentator
and political analyst
jack Lessenberry is
interim head of the
journalism program at
Wayne State.
Improving community health means "trying to bring
toilets to every house in the small town of Dipsung."
Some of the money raised by this year's second annual
Birmingham Bike Festival, a series of races along Maple Road,
will be donated to the Miles Levin Nepal Foundation for Health
and Education. The race is Sunday, Aug. 26; details can be
found at www.birminghambikefestival.org
For more information on the Miles Levin Nepal Foundation for
Health and Education, visit www.miles2nepal.org
Dr. Keidan and Nepalese friends and colleagues at the
Morten honoring Miles Levin.
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