The Story Starts

Dennis. Mari. World Bank. A billion dollars fund for a country. Success!

Dennis. Mari. World Bank. 5 million dollars to give away. Competition. World Bank Lobby looking up at 13 floors. Sitting on the floor are two old Ugandan women, first time out of their home town, with hand drawn charts. Across them is a guy from NASA with digitized maps and fancy printouts. Next to him are two Canadian Judges with their big plan. And many more. All there to pitch their idea in fifteen minutes to the President of the World Bank.

The judges secure funding. So do the Ugandan women. A woman from an African village doesn't secure anything. But does she give up? No, she's going to wait for the secondary markets! She inspires Dennis and Mari to create these secondary markets.

GlobalGiving is born. The vision is to give an opportunity to all those living for less than $2 a day -- for less than what I spend on my morning cup of coffee--towards a better life. The vision is to give you and me a chance to not just talk about but actually make a difference.

www.globalgiving.com ... my new mission. Together with you lets take this story back to one billion dollars ;)