A little money can go a long way when you’re talking about grassroots organizations in the developing world. With as little as a few hundred dollars, schools can be created; child labor practices can be derailed; and communities can rally around children to secure their dignity and give them new opportunities.
In 1994, Maya Ajmera received a fellowship from Echoing Green to begin Shakti for Children, an educational outreach and publishing program that aimed to promote tolerance and diversity among teachers and children.
Family vacations can be great. They are a fabulous opportunity to see the Grand Canyon or practice your camping skills or visit a new museum—or whatever your particular family’s interests might be. But all of that togetherness can also be a little trying. You’re all trapped in a small vehicle together. You’re tired, your legs are numb, you get carsick. Plus, your dad wants to listen to talk radio. Your kid brother keeps whining, “Are we there yet?” And your mother keeps threatening to “turn this car around.”
Here’s a true story.
On October 5th, 2003, grizzly bear conservationist Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, placed a satellite phone call from the wilderness of Kaflia Bay, a remote area in the middle of Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Treadwell reached his friend, a wilderness pilot named Willy Hall, and told him that his yearly season of living with the grizzlies had come to a close and that he and Amie needed to be picked up at their campsite as soon as possible. Hall arrived at Kaflia Bay the following day but could find no sign of Treadwell or Huguenard—none of their supplies were near the pick-up point, nor were they themselves nearby. Wandering through a dense thicket that Treadwell referred to as the “grizzly maze,” Hall looked down and froze. There, lying on the ground, was Treadwell’s forearm and hand, torn from his body, his watch still keeping perfect time.
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