Guest post by Victoria Randall, author of City of Hidden Children
My new hero is Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5-Hour Energy, who has pledged to give 99 percent of his $4 billion net worth to charity. But he’s not just tossing money at the poor to help them. He has decided to make a huge difference, and he’s structured his company so that he can.
He has built a philanthropic invention shop, whose goal is to invent things that make a difference in the lives of people in poverty. He and his team have come up with a hybrid bicycle that creates 24 hours worth of electricity by peddling it for an hour. They’re working on cables that can pull energy out of the earth in a pollution-free manner.
These are splendid ideas that will help people worldwide.
I am neither rich nor wise enough to invent stuff like that. But I can do something small. Many of the people I went to college with have gone on to become leaders: orchestra leaders, heads of companies, influential politicians. I have stuck to hands-on stuff, being a nurse and foster mother. Nothing spectacular, but as the starfish legend tells us, it may make a difference to this starfish, this child, this patient.
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Books by Victoria Randall
City of Hidden Children ~ View on Bookshelves | Amazon link unavailable.
Come on Home Children ~ View on Bookshelves | Amazon link unavailable.
Get on Board Little Children ~ View on Bookshelves | Amazon link unavailable.
Shadowcat: Tales from the Edge of Sleep ~ View on Bookshelves | Amazon link unavailable.