People Making a difference Jorge is the founder of An Angel in Queens, an non-profit that delivers free home-cooked meals in Jackson Heights, Queens. 2. Blair Underwood As a co-founder of Artists for a New South Africa. 3. Amy Stokes Amy founded Infinite Family, a non profit which pairs up South African orphans with international video mentors. 4. Razia Jan An Afghan native and US citizen, Razia Jan is the founder of Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of women and children in Afghanistan through community-based education. 5. David McCoy David is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for SA-YES (South African Youth Education for Sustainability). David is a medical doctor by vocation and spent two and a half years working in a rural government hospital in northern Kwazulu, South Africa. 6. Sherry Lansing Former head of Paramount Pictures and founder of the Sherry Lansing Foundation, a non profit dedicated to cancer research, education, art and culture. La 7. Ashley Shuyler Ashley founded AfricAid, a nonprofit which supports girls’ education in Africa, in 2001 at the age of 16 after a photo safari in Tanzania. 8. Kristin Elliot When Kristin was diagnosed with cancer in her legs and lungs at the age of 16, she had one, selfless wish for the Make a Wish Foundation: to build an orphange and AIDS clinic in Zambia, Africa. To date, Kristin has raised close to $300,000 for the orphanage, appropriately named Kristin’s Miracle House. Kristin continues to successfully fight her cancer, attend Baylor University, and raise money for her orphanage. She has been honored with a Jefferson Award for her amazing commitment to public service. For more information, visit Kristin’s Heart. 9. Robin Lim Robin is a midwife and founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat (which means Healthy Mother Earth Foundation). The foundation offers free prenatal care, birthing services and medical aid to thousands of women in Indonesia who do not have the means for proper care. 10. Michelle Potter Michelle is the co-founding Executive Director of SA-YES (South African Youth Education for Sustainability). After leaving school in England at 16, she bravely decided to return to university at the age of 37 and graduated from Roehampton University with a BA (Hons) in Education in 2007. Tell us about someone who has made a difference to you! Big or small, we’d love to hear about someone who has touched, inspired, or helped you.
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