I also want to add here that I have been able to make a difference in trying to make a difference in increasing the sugar production of the world as I am sure people will use the information I provided to an influential Yahoo Group of which I am a member.
Giving information about tried and tested products and solutions is the least we can do for benefiting everyone we know and in a way I am doing it and writing about it here.Today I also found the website of Ryan's Well foundation - I had read about the story in Readers Digest when I was a youngster and had always admired the courage and tenacity of Ryan who set out to make a difference by providing drinking water to an entire community by digging a well in Africa.
Both the websites are mentioned here and will urge all of us to do something more for everybody we know and do not know as well.Why I have not bothered about really popularizing this website-well because I use it as a personal reservoir of websites and information that my friends,well-wishers and I care about & not every one has these same interests.I know if people like the info presented here the info will spread and make a difference and one life made easier is a big difference.
Think and do something more is my only request.
1) http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/
Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty. This year, 2005, we finally have the resources, knowledge and opportunity to end this shameful situation.
That's what this website is about. Join the band of people who are taking action to make poverty history. It only needs to take you a matter of minutes every month, but it will help us to literally change the world.
If this is your first visit to the site these are the 3 things you should do - join us now, get a white band & find out more.
2) http://www.ryanswell.ca/index.php
Ryan has always been a very sensitive boy. His parents and those around him have tried to nurture this characteristic. His grade one teacher, Mrs Prest was able to inspire Ryan. He decided that raising money for wells for people who didn't have clean water would be a good thing. He worked for four months in order to earn his first $70.
It grew from the $70 collected by doing simple household chores, to the support of non-profit organizations such as WaterCan, CPAR, CIDA and Free the Children. It grew to over $1,000,000 in support of people in Africa who need clean water.
"I'm just a normal boy," Ryan says when anyone asks about his achievements. Although many people would disagree with this statement, it is very true. He plays soccer, basketball and hockey. He enjoys reading, playing Nintendo and swimming as well. He has friends in the elementary school he attends, including dedicated volunteers like Jack who, like Ryan, plans to be a water engineer when he grows up. He loves to visit his Nana and his cousins in Ontario's Niagara region and his Grandparents near Deep River, Ontario. Ryan plays with his brothers Jordan and Keegan and with dog Riley. He has been writing to his African pen pal Jimmy Akana, who you may have seen with him on the cover of Reader's Digest.
Throughout, Ryan's family has been very supportive of his efforts to get clean water to Africa. Older brother Jordan sets up most of Ryan's audiovisual presentations and little brother Keegan has licked hundreds of stamps for thank you letters and notes that have been sent around the world. The Hreljacs live in a country home in North Grenville, just south of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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