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The Third Wave Film
In 2007 Alison Thompson made a documentary film, also called The Third Wave, about her time volunteering in Sri Lanka for almost a year. The film, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, was also shown in the Presidential jury screening at Cannes in 2008.

Alison Thompson Today
Thompson discovered that volunteering changes lives and now works full-time as a volunteer. After Sri Lanka she worked with Sean Penn in Haiti operating a displaced persons camp, and in 2010 she received The Order of Australia, the highest civilian medal.  She is a co-founder of We Advance, an organization devoted to helping rape victims in Haiti.  More about Thompson at thethirdwavebook.com.

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This article relates to The Third Wave. It first ran in the September 21, 2011 issue of BookBrowse Recommends.