W MINUTES. >>> INTACT WITH ME IT’S FOR MEMBER TO AFRICA.
LUKE WAS TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY
AND JUST ABOUT TWO MONTHS TO
BUILD A SCHOOL OVER 1000 MILES
AWAY.
MOTIVATED BY HIS EFFORTS THEY
WERE CATAPULTED BY A SOCIAL
MEDIA VIDEO THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT
THIS GOAL IS VERY OUTRAGEOUS.
THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO
MIND WAS LIKE HEY LET’S TRY TO
BUILD THE SCHOOL AND DEVELOPING
NATION.
>> IS A FRESHMAN SIMON PICK
MALAWI IN EASTERN AFRICA.
>> IS ENDEARING TO SEE HOW
CLOSELY THEY HOLD THESE VALUES
OF COMMUNITY.
>> IN THE SPRING OF 2020
EXPRESSED HIS GOAL TO HIS
MOTHER AND FATHER WERE SITTING
DOWN TALKING TO ME.
.
IT’S WHEN THE IDEA FIRST CAME
IN MY BRAIN.
ACCORDING TO BUILD A SCHOOL AND
MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> ’S INSANE DETERMINATION WAS
IN TEXAS.
>> WAYWARD CONFIDENCE IN BEING
ABLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN REALLY
CONVINCED PEOPLE TO SAY HEY WE
CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS.
IT REALLY STARTED A SNOWBALL
EFFECT.
>> BY EARLY MAY, HE AND A TEAM
STARTED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED
KEEP IT WHOLESOMEE AND CREATED
A SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT TOOK F.
>> THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL
THAT’S WATCHING THIS VIDEO
WHETHER YOU HAVE ONE FOLLOWER
OR 1 MILLION, LET’S DO THIS.
YOU, YES YOU HAVE THE POWER TO
TRANSFER THE SCHOOL THAT LOOKS
LIKE THIS INTO AN NOW LOOKS
LIKE THIS AND YOU JUST HAVE TO
LIKE THE VIDEO.
>> SOMETHING CLICKED WHERE IT
WAS PRESENTING THE PERSON
WATCHING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE
WORLD.
SOMETHING SO SIMPLE.
>> THE FIRST VIDEO WHEN IT MAY
8. JULY 13 $30,000 WAS RAISED.
>> IT BASICALLY TOOK TWO
MONTHS.
SIMON THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE TO
THREE BUT JUST REALIZED A
SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME DURING
THE INTERVIEW.
>> IS CLOSER TO MID TWO MONTHS
AND THREE MONTHS.
>> ONCE THE MONEY WAS RAISED A
PARTNERSHIP FORM WITH NONPROFIT
IS CALLED BUILD ON.
IT HAS EXPERIENCE IN MALI.
THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN THE
CITY.
>> WHAT MADE ME THE HAPPIEST
PERSON IN THE WORLD TO THIS TO
SEE HOW UNFILTERED COMMUNITY IS
AND HOW EXCITED EVERYONE IS.
>> IT SERVES 800 STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES TO NEW TEACHERS.
IT PROVIDES MORE EDUCATION AND
LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES.
>> IT THROUGH THE QUOTE THIS
THEIR TWO EXTRA TEACHERS WHO
CAN BE INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
QUICKSILVER IS PART OF THE
RESULTS ARE SEEN PROOF.
NOW HE WOULD LIKE TO VISIT.
>> I’M SO EXCITED FOR THAT.
>> I CANNOT WAIT.
>> THERE ARE NEW PLANS FOR AN
AFRICAN TRIP YET BUT BY THE
TIME SIMON GRADUATES IN MAY
2025 STUDENT AT THE MALAWI
SCHOOL CAN POTENTIALLY VISIT
HIM FIRST AS A FRESHMAN IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
>> THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLE
AND INSANE.
OH MY GOSH.
>> BE AWESOME I NEVER THOUGHT
OF.
>> IT WOULD BE CRAZY I HOPE
THAT HAPPENS.
>> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY
EXTRAORDINARY.
THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
TECHNOLOGY BUT ALSO THE POWER
OF DETERMINATION BY SIMON, THE
TEENY FORMED AND USING THAT
INFLUENCE.
THEY ARE MOTIVATED BY SPREADING
POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE
INTERNET.
WITH HER AT HOME ON YOUR MOBILE
DEVICES.
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