This is a presentation I put together for some of the students at City School in Toronto. I focused on poverty in developing countries and how education is a critical component in turning the tide. I then shared the story of Building Walls of Wisdom (www.buildwow.com), from where we started to where we are today.

1. @BuildWOW
in Toronto
11.2.11

2. Who here
wants to
win the
lottery?

3. The truth is,
you already
have.

4. Who is this
?
guy, and what
is this guy
talking
about?

5. My name is
Russ.

6. This is my brother.
1 Principal – 3 Degrees – 55 Countries Travelled

7. Let’s talk
about where
we live.

8. I can’t get a
wi-fi signal.

9. I have three
exams this
week!

10. I asked for a
no whip
frappuccino
and ended up
with this.

11. My brother/
sister stole
the remote.

12. Talk about
problems.

15. Let’s talk about
food.

16. What the world eats.
Chad | Breidjing | 1 Week | $1.23 USD

17. What the world eats.
Ecuador | Tingo | 1 Week | $31.55 USD

18. What the world eats.
United States | North Carolina | 1 Week | $341.98 USD

19. There are
516,064,963
obese people in the
World.

20. 925 million people do
not have enough to
eat and 98 percent of
them live in developing
countries.

21. Let’s talk about
water.

22. What the world drinks.
Canada | Available where you live | Chlorine & Fluoride

23. What the world drinks.
Africa - 40 Billion Hours/yr | Worldwide -27,000 Deaths/wk

24. Let’s talk about
poverty.

25. There are 2.2 billion
children in the
World.

26. 1 billion of these
children live in
poverty.

27. That’s almost 3
times the
population of the
USA.

28. In fact..
It is estimated that 30,000 children die from poverty-related
causes every day.

29. Let’s talk about
education.

30. Millions of children in
developing countries
will never see the
inside of a classroom.

31. In fact...
Almost 1 in 5 children worldwide don’t attend school.

32. Poverty has robbed
these children of the
educational
opportunities we enjoy.

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In Omomet (Mwangaza) 80% of men and 90% of women were
found to be illiterate in a 2010 study.

35. Things can go one of
two ways.
#the girl effect

36. Let’s talk about
Building
Walls of
Wisdom.

37. We set out to make
a small-positive
change .

38. Specifically,
to build
10 schools in
10 years.

39. 2.5 years in,
and we have just
started our
6 th & 7th project.

40. Where we have built.
Kenya | Sri Lanka | Ecuador | Ghana

41. With help from
ordinary people from
around the World.

42. That have raised funds
and awareness in many
ways.

43. A quick story about
Tua Primary.

44. Our current project.

45. Adubilliyili.

46. 600 million hours
or 68000 years...

47. 600 million hours
or 68000 years...
Have been spent playing Call of Duty: Black ops.

48. We all possess the
ability to create
profound,
meaningful,
and lasting change
in the World.

49. Small actions
can lead to
substantial change.

50. Learn.
Share.
Contribute.

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