In case you haven’t seen this video yet http://www.girleffect.org/#/video/, I found it extremely powerful and touching. In today’s world - as reflected by daily headlines proclaiming despair and panic - it’s empowering to know that some of us ARE thinking about making a difference in the world. Even if we begin with helping one child.

And since I am writing about changing the world by helping our children, here is a brief shameless plug for my favorite charity. NFTE - National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship is an amazing organization that helps kids get out of poverty by teaching them to be entrepreneurs. I wrote about one girl whose life was dramatically changed by the program a few weeks ago.