Profile of Paul Rice in Contra Costa Times
January 17, 2012 by Sally Farhat KassabFrom his beginnings as an American in Nicaragua to his success with Fair Trade USA, Skoll Awardee Paul Rice’s story is an inspiring one. The Contra Costa Times mentions his 2005 Skoll Award and interviews Skoll senior program officer Ana Lucia Zacapa. An excerpt:
“His years in Nicaragua gave Rice a true understanding of the challenges faced by the farm workers who live there, said Ana Lucia Zacapa, senior program officer at the Palo Alto-based Skoll Foundation, which in 2005 presented Rice with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. ‘When he speaks Spanish, you would think he is from Central America,’ Zacapa said. ‘He is one of them. He understands what they were struggling with.’”
Read more about Rice’s path: http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_19730978