Connecting the Dots

YOU SEE A GIRL...WE SEE THE FUTURE

Why girls? No matter where they live in the world, girls are bright, talented, and full of dreams. But too many girls growing up in developing countries aren't able to fulfill those dreams because their chances to go to school, stay healthy, and live free from violence are out of reach. 



Join Girl Up and you can help change a girl’s future. Girl Up is about you – and your friends – coming together to raise awareness and funds to help girls living in countries like Malawi and Liberia in five important ways: every Girl Up “High Five” donation of $5 or more supports United Nations programs that help girls go to school, get a health checkup, be protected from violence, be counted and become more involved in their communities. Girl Up is uniting girls to change the world.

Click here to join the Girl Up “High Five” Campaign  

A Magical Pair of Shoes

Firouz Naderi is an Iranian-American scientist and the Associate Director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), responsible for Project Formulation and Strategy. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the recipient of a number of awards, including NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal. He was most recently recognized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) with the William Randolph Lovelace II Award for outstanding contributions to space science and technology. But most importantly his a humanitarian and compassionate man. Watch this touching video where he tells the tail of an amazing boy and a noteworthy cause ....

 To sponsor a child of your own http://www.keepchildreninschool.org/

It is true that it is those honest heartfelt stories that touch us the most, so much so that we are compelled to act.  The first time I heard this story I was ashamed. I have a closet full of shoes and still find myself saying, I need that new trendy pair of heels for that perfect outfit.  It is then that I truly grasped what it meant to be selfish.