Our submission (& solution) to Google's 10 to the 100th Project: "a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible"
If you believe in the cause and care to help, here's what you can DO:
1)SHARE the video with friends--
SPREAD the word (& video) far & wide!
2)CLICK here for a reminder to vote: http://www.project10tothe100.com
& MARK your calendar for March 17 (the day voting opens)
3)VOTE "Hungry for Change" on March 17, & ask family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues to do the same
4)CONTACT Jamie at HungryforChange1@gmail.com with ideas about how to SPREAD THE WORD and
MAKE "Hungry for Change" a REALITY!
Like Bank of America's "Keep the Change" program, with every (participating) bank card purchase made, the purchase amount is rounded up to the nearest dollar, and the change is transferred into a "savings" account. Through "Hungry for Change", however, the change will, instead, be transferred as a MICRO LOAN, NOT a donation, to an account used to buy school lunches for starving children in the developing world.
According to the United Nations' World Food Programme, "Every five seconds, a child dies of hunger." Through "Hungry for Change", YOUR CHANGE literally SAVES LIVES. FOREVER.
"Hungry for Change" links two simple, innovative, profound ideas to create one world-changing solution, with the potential to impact millions of lives--immediately and permanently. "Hungry for Change" participants will "effortlessly" lend their "spare change" as "Grameencredits" (via Grameen Bank), and in the process, feed children in the developing world through school-based lunch programs. HfC makes giving effortless, automatic, affordable (to everyone), and sustainable.
"Hungry for Change" will link the "savings" program to an initiative like the WFP's "Fill the Cup", which for 25 US cents, provides a hungry child with a school-based meal of rice, beans or porridge. "Hungry for Change" makes it easy and effortless to give back to the world's children, by lending all, or a portion of your savings, to help permanently eradicate extreme poverty & hunger, and to help achieve universal primary education.
The WFP states the problem clearly: Our planet produces enough food for every man, woman, and child to live healthy and productive lives. Yet, over 300 million of the world's children suffer needlessly from chronic hunger. With an average annual savings of only $300, every Hungry for Change participant could feed six school children for an entire year.
Over time, with the help of its strategic partners like Grameen Bank, "Hungry for Change" will grow to include financial (& other) institutions around the world, and in just a few short years, impact the lives of millions of children and families.
The "Hungry for Change" TEAM who so graciously volunteers their time & talent (thank you thank you thank you :)
Concept: Jamie Pullman
Writers: Lisa Powell Graham & Jamie Pullman
Animator: Josh Lieberman
Voiceover: Sheldon Smith
Music: Armando & Antonio Sandoval
Sound Engineers: Jason Pullman & Kevin Cleland
Contributors: Lisa Powell Graham, Ron Noble, Derek Sivers, Julien, Frederique & Heloise Boeuf, Mom Dad, Kelley, Max, Kim & Jason Pullman (I LOVE you guys SO much!)
Role models who don't even know just how much they contribute every day:
Mom & Dad
Muhammad Yunus & the entire Grameen team
Groupe Danone
The entire Ashoka team
BRAC
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Endeavor
Henri Bahini Dagbegnon
Teena & Prashant Khanna
Chaithanya Bondada & Divya Ahluwalia
Ashish Sanwal
Anders Petersen & Tali Asias
Ray & Randi Goins
Eric Michelle (Gola) Jadon & Ella Goldklang
Danny Kim
Bryant Park
Limor Carmeli
Jackie Torres (JT)
Marcia Joe Stephen Anh Jason & Gina Seidler
Dan Davina Mike Paul & Ladan Nazarian
Brian Dickman
Fred Ina Ron Jeff & Pam Hoffman
Michelle Mitchell
Sarah & Andrew Austin
Dr. Paul Farmer
Jeffrey & Sonia Ehrlich Sachs
C.K. Prahalad
Anne Hastings
Tim O'Reilly
Seth Godin
Fred Wilson & Joanne Solomon Wilson
Tim Ferriss
Om Malik
Howard Schultz & Sheri Kersch Schultz
The entire GOOD team
The entire IDEO team
Guy Kawasaki
Brad Feld
Robert Scoble
Kofi Atta Annan
Larry Page
Sergey Brin
Larry Brilliant
Eric Schmidt
Scarlett Johansson
Natalie Portman
Drew Barrymore
Kumi Naidoo
Richard Branson
Bill & Melinda Gates
Warren Buffett
George Soros
Marc Andreessen & Laura Arrillaga
Ban Ki-moon
Dalai Lama
Ghandi
Charlie Rose
Oprah
Dave Matthews
Stefan Lessard
Boyd Tinsley
Carter Beauford
Peter Griesar
LeRoi Moore
Ross Hoffman
Rihanna
Will.i.am
Jason Mraz
KT Tunstall
Colbie Caillat
George Harrison
John Mayer
Isaac Slade
Joe King
Dave Welsh
Ben Wysocki
Pete Murray
John Lennon
Jack Johnson
Joe Kennedy
Tim Westergren
Tom Conrad
Nolan Gasser
Etienne Handman
Cheryl Lucanegro
Jessica Steel
Michael Zapruder
Paul Brown
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this video is awesome, i think this will be a great idea to help out many less fortunate children in the world! good job
cbartolini12 3 years ago 8
great, how can i find out more?
daflashman123 3 years ago 8