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How to Bring the Holiday Spirit of Giving into Work

Up and Running

When I was in high school, my friends and I set up a giving tree outside the school library, as a fundraiser for the Harambee Centre, an organization which provides, among other things, ambulatory services; and which builds schools for children in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. You can give the money raised to a local charity.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

Or Uganda for example. Just last week I shot a very quick email to a prominent tech founder letting him know I’d come across the sensor data on one of his older water projects in Africa, and that well was producing 1765 liters a day, four years later. The sensor costs only about $100, and can protect a $10,000+ asset.

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“It’s hard to convey the impact seeing the work in person has on people” – Charity: Water’s Scott Harrison on Making a Difference

Hunter Walker

Or Uganda for example. Just last week I shot a very quick email to a prominent tech founder letting him know I’d come across the sensor data on one of his older water projects in Africa, and that well was producing 1765 liters a day, four years later. The sensor costs only about $100, and can protect a $10,000+ asset.