Saturday, December 29, 2007

anyone

Yesterday i saw a small shot on TV about a teenager somewhere in the US who had to stay home from school because of some sickness, for a short period, and decided to use that time to begin collecting donations for buildind a school somewhere in Cambodia. She wrote letters and got the participation of World Bank and i forgot what other organzations. They were showing her at the inauguration of the school. Obviously this didn´t happen all in 2 months, but I was thrilled by the thought that anyone is only a decision away from making a difference. It connected with the book I´m currently reading, Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson, a US mountain climber who after an accident in the mountains in Pakistan ended up in a small lost village, was taken care by their people. and left promising to build a school for them. A couple of years after he completed that promise, and today, 10 years after, has built over 60 schools in small villages. I wonder if they have heard of each other. I will check if i find their emails and write to them.

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