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The Story Behind The Greatest Concert For Poverty Of All Time
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Global Poverty Project founder and CEO Hugh Evans and actor Hugh Jackman attend the global launch of '1.4 Billion Reasons' on DVD at The Museum of Modern Art on October 20, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 20: Global Poverty Project founder and CEO Hugh Evans and actor Hugh Jackman attend the global launch of '1.4 Billion Reasons' on DVD at The Museum of Modern Art on October 20, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

If there is such a thing as a prodigy in the world of philanthropy, Hugh Evans fits the bill. At 14, after visiting a Manila slum with the Christian humanitarian group World Vision, he returned to his middle-class home outside Melbourne, Australia, and announced to his mother he wanted to dedicate his life to ending extreme poverty. She laughed.

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