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Jean Kabre is the concierge and event planner at 101 Constitution — a place full of people focused on power, influencing top leaders, and sweeping changes that affect the whole country. But when word got out that Kabre was helping support dozens of family members in his home village in Burkina Faso, the people whom Kabre had come to know as his friends, pitched in at astounding levels.

Nov. 13, 2012 Jean Kabre looks out from the rooftop of 101 Constitution Ave. NW, the building where he works as a concierge and event planner. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post

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