A Calling to Care (2001)

A Calling to Care is the inspiring story of 55 yearold Grace Stanley a Canadian nurse who left her home and prestigious career behind to answer a calling halfway around the world in Karachi Pakistan Teaching nursing to local women in a strict Muslim culture that forbids them to even to touch men is a formidable task However Grace challenges her own values and belief systems to find common ground with her students helping them to excel and feel respect for themselves in a culture that doesnt respect them Whether it is getting her hands painted with henna swimming fullyclothed in the ocean or marching bravely with them on International Womens Day Grace bonds with her students in a very special way and ultimately discovers how the West can learn a lot more from the Third World than she ever thought