Wishing Wells
[Music]
[Applause]
have you ever thought that a problem was
too big to solve or that one person
can’t make a difference
well i’m here to tell you that every
person can make a difference
it just takes faith hope and
determination
how do i know this well in second grade
four of my friends and i decided to make
camp on boardwalks for rural villages in
india
you may be asking why india well
my family and i moved to mumbai india
for the first six years of my primary
school experience
there were a lot of surprises in india
from the very best to the very worst
i saw some of it was really fascinating
and beautiful
but we also saw a lot of poverty in
school we partnered up with many ngos to
explore how we can make a difference and
how we can help people in these
challenging situations
it could just be giving local school
children supplies
feeding stranals or just giving a
helping hand one day in my second grade
class
my teacher showed us the movie ryan’s
well ryan’s well is about a young boy
who decides to save up all of his pocket
money
to build wealth in africa
after the movie my friends and i were
thinking and we
wanted to make this possible for where
we live in india
so after a great deal of thinking our
company wishing well was born from the
heart of five seven-year-old girls who
wanted to make a difference in this
world
so we got to work with the help of our
parents we found an ngo who decided
who found where the location was of
villages and where they could drill a
hole to build a well
we built we made a company to work with
essential
we made posters organized bake sales and
even made a logo
then word got out and people in churches
started donating
we ended up with over 100 000 rupees
that’s nearly
5 000 us dollars
our first one was built in the village
of matassagar
in matassagar they drove and drunk and
at 170 feet
they finally reached water this process
took up to one or two months to complete
our second well was a big one it was
built in the village of
flor nagar fulham nagar is home to
a school and village our third well
was is in mar hall which is also home to
a school and a village
so do you still think that a problem is
too big to solve or that one person
can’t make a difference
my friends and i never expected for our
company to grow to this size
but with the with help and determination
from our community
we made as possible now that my family
and i
live in china and my friends and i are
spread
out all over the world we are still
hoping to continue this and gain access
to new teams and communities
thank you