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WHO CARES?
Abiodun Oyewole, “Black Rage”
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It’s a world of hurt.It’s a world of hurt.
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• 1 billion people in the world can’t read or write.
• 1 billion don’t have access to safe drinking water.
• 750 million are disabled.
• 1 billion are undernourished.
• 25% of the world’s population lacks electricity.
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How could one person ever create change?
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1 billion people in the world can’t read or write.
That’s why Efren Peñaflorida decided to stock a pushcart with supplies
and make a school on wheels.
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In ten years, he’s given a love of learning to thousands of kids from slums in the Philippines.
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“Before, I really didn’t care for my life,” says one student. “But then Efren patiently dug me from where I was buried.”
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1 billion people don’t have access to safe drinking water.
That’s why bartender Doc Hendley raised money to build water systems in the developing world.
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Then he went and did the work himself—in war zones so dangerous that most outsiders wouldn’t go near.
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“You can be a bartender in Raleigh, North Carolina [and still] touch thousands of lives.”
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750 million people are disabled.
That’s why Darius Weems traveled across the United States in an RV to raise money for muscular dystrophy.
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He raised $2 million for research on the disease that will probably kill him by age 30.
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“You can’t stop yourself from coming to earth. You can’t stop yourself from leaving earth. The last thing you can do is try to make it better.”
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1 billion people around the world are undernourished.
That’s why Diana Lopez planted a garden in the east side of San Antonio, where there
wasn’t a grocery store for miles around.
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Now, people from the area grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables.
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“I feel change comes slowly sometimes, but all it takes is one person.”
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25% of the world’s population lacks electricity.
That’s why 14-year-old William Kamkwambadecided to gather spare parts and
build windmills for his village in Malawi.
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His windmills power cell phones, radios, lights, and a pump to bring badly needed water to crops.
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“My dream is to finish my education and start a [windmill] company. I’m planning to come up with reliable electricity.”
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These people created change.
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ACTIVISMIn a world of hurt,
it can make a difference.
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What is the power of one person’s actions in the
fight for change?
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What needs to be done in your community? • Climb the ladder. • Fight the
power. • Who’s going to do it? • Turn the other cheek. • Stand up for your rights.
• What motivated each of the people in this slide show? • Take care of number
one. • Reach out. • Who has made a difference in your community? How did
they do it? Why? • Not my brother’s keeper • It takes a village. • If you could fix
one problem in the world, what would it be? • Transform yourself. • Change the
world. • What needs to be done in your community? • Climb the ladder. • Fight
the power. • Who’s going to do it? • Turn the other cheek. • Stand up for your
rights. • What motivated each of the people in this slide show? • Take care of
number one. • Reach out. • Who has made a difference in your community?
How did they do it? Why? • Not my brother’s keeper • It takes a village. • If you
could fix one problem in the world, what would it be? • Transform yourself. •
Change the world. • What needs to be done in your community? • Climb the
ladder. • Fight the power. • Who’s going to do it? • Turn the other cheek. •
Stand up for your rights. • What motivated each of the people in this slide
show? • Take care of number one. • Reach out. • Who has made a difference in
your community? How did they do it? Why? • Not my brother’s keeper • It takes
a village. • If you could fix one problem in the world, what would it be? •
Transform yourself. • Change the world. • What needs to be done in your
community? • Climb the ladder.
put your voice on recordRAWWRITE
What is the power of one person’s actions in the
fight for change?