Piles of cash and the balance of life

To run an Ebola treatment you need big piles of cash. In this age of plastic cards and electronic transfers, providing aid costs money. And while you're handling the finances for a multi-million dollar recovery program for a whole country, where do you find time to teach yourself to swim and compete in a triathlon? Meet the Red Cross iron woman of finance, Patrea Ryan, who helps explain where the money goes and how it helps.

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Piles of cash and the balance of life is an episode from How Aid Works by Adam Corcoran.

This episode is 21:18 long.

This episode was published on Nov 21, 2017.

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