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pop diva Rehana back to Harvard speech for Original Shanghai language translation company

2017/4/20 15:38:39

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pop diva Rehana back to Harvard speech for Original Shanghai language translation company


So I made it to Harvard. Never thought I¡¯d be able to say that in my life£¬ but it feels good. Thank you£¬ Dr. Counter£¬ thank you to the Harvard Foundation£¬ and thank you£¬ Harvard University for this great honour. Thank you.

When I was five or six years old£¬ I remember watching TV and I would see these commercials and I was watching other children suffer in other parts of the world and you know the commercials were [like]£¬ ¡®you can give 25 cents£¬ save a child¡¯s life£¬¡¯ you know£¿ And I would think to myself like£¬ I wonder how many 25 cents I could save up to save all the kids in Africa. And I would say to myself you know£¬ ¡®when I grow up£¬ when I can get rich£¬ I¡¯mma save kids all over the world.¡¯ I just didn¡¯t know I would be in the position to do that by the time I was a teenager.

At 17 I started my career here in America£¬ and by the age of 18£¬ I started my first charity organization. I went on to team up with other organizations in the following years and met£¬ helped£¬ and even lost some of the most beautiful souls£¬ from six-year-old Jasmina Anema who passed away in 2010 from leukemia£¬ her story inspired thousands to volunteer as donors through DKMS. Fast forward to 2012 and then my grandmother£¬ the late Clara Brathwaite£¬ she lost her battle with cancer£¬ which is the very reason and the driving force behind the Clara Lionel Foundation. We¡¯re all human. And we all just want a chance£º a chance at life£¬ a chance in education£¬ a chance at a future£¬ really. And at CLF£¬ our mission is to impact as many lives as possible£¬ but it starts with just one. Just one.

But it starts with your neighbour£¬ the person right next to you£¬ the person sitting next to you in class£¬ the kid down the block in your neighbourhood£¬ you just do whatever you can to help in any way that you can. And today I want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person£º one organization£¬ one situation that touches your heart. My grandmother always used to say£¬ ¡®If you¡¯ve got a dollar£¬ there¡¯s plenty to share.¡¯ Thank you ladies and gentlemen. It was my honour.

nor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin'>£¬ a chance in education£¬ a chance at a future£¬ really. And at CLF£¬ our mission is to impact as many lives as possible£¬ but it starts with just one. Just one.