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why my buddy matt is buying a bus for his birthday!

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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!!!

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why my buddy matt is

buying a busfor his birthday!

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a true story by David crandall

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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!

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