This story really touched my heart.
I watched a documentary this past weekend titled, A Small Act. It’s a story about a woman who donated $15 on a quarterly basis to a young Kenyan boy named Chris Mburu. That money helped to pay for Chris to attend grammar and secondary school, eventually leave his village and attend Harvard Law. His role as a human rights advocate brought him full circle as he began a foundation to help others. Chris named the foundation after his benefactor, Hilda Back.
If you are like me, you see the ads on television that tell you “your money will help” but I often think that my money will never really make it to the village or family or child. It’s all a scam.
Hilda Back, a Holocaust survivor, didn’t think those thoughts and instead she sent money and often wondered if her small act made a difference.
I love when this…
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Lucid Gypsy 
What an inspiring story, Gilly! It makes me want to sing praises for a lot of unsung heroes. I think I’ll do just that!
Isn’t it just? I’m reading ‘Three Cups of Tea’ at the moment and its inspiring in a similar way 🙂
Well reblogged. Thanks for the direction.
Now I see the advantage of reblogging. Will look for this on the shelves. URgh, I was supposed to go to Kenya but got changed.
Love the fact that you reblogged my post! I hope millions of people read it and take some sort of action – knowing that there will be ripples of good for years and years to come!
Inspirational and a heartwarming story too! 🙂