why my buddy is buying a bus
Post on 17-Oct-2014
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My buddy Matt Madeiro is foregoing birthday and Christmas gifts to buy a bus. I tell why in this SlideShare! If you can't click the link from inside the presentation, use this one: http://bit.ly/25BuysABus NOTE: Matt informed me that for the week Dec 3-7, all donations up to $5000 will be matched...so your $25 will actually be $50!!!TRANSCRIPT
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why my buddy matt is
buying a busfor his birthday!
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This is my buddyMatt Madeiro
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he told me aboutMaggie Doyne
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he told me aboutMaggie Doyne(We’ll come back to Matt in a moment)
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wanted to seemaggie doyne
the world...
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so at age19she did just that
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hopped a plane...
so at age19she did just that
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flew 20,000 miles...
so at age19she did just that
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so at age19she did just that
and found herself
in nepal
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just trying to survive
she met hundreds of
children
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then...
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she went home.
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and for most travelers...
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that memorythat experience
that event
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that experiencewould be enough.
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but maggie went back...
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to make a difference!
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for 40 of those childrenshe built a home
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and two years later...
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she openedthe Kopila Valley Primary school
for 300 students from all over Nepal
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This school is the one and only opportunity for an educationmost of these children have.
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It’s a safe house from the harsh realities of life in Nepal.
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Then Matt told meMaggie and her students need help
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Many of these students
walk hours each way just to get to school...
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and Where they walk is not always safe.
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“How far do they have to walk?”I asked.
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Laxmi Karki’s daily round trip:
Nisha Bakabal’s daily round trip:
5 hours
2 hours
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I was speechless.
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which brings us back to...
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my buddyMatt Madeiro
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we can change this!he believes...
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Matt wants to buy a bus!
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Matt turns 25on December 25
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Matt turns 25on December 25
Guess how much a new bus costs
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Thousand$25=
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So instead of birthday gifts and christmas gifts
for his 25th birthday...
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Thousand
1 thousand People $25=
Matt is asking 1 thousand people...
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Thousand
1 thousand People $25$25 =x
Matt is asking 1 thousand people...
to donate $25
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1 thousand People $25 =x
Matt is asking 1 thousand people...
to donate $25
to buy a bus!
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Let’s help matt...
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Buy Maggie’s bus...
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and make a difference in their lives!
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http://mattmadeiro.com/twenty-five/
help me buy matt’s bus!
click here