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<p><strong><em>There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.</em></strong></p>
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<p>This famous quote of Hellen Keller&rsquo;s finds much fruition through the action of a <strong>9-year-old Hridaan Popuri of Singapore</strong>.</p>
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<h3><strong>A kid who sacrificed his birthday presents to gift eyesight to 2 unknown individuals from rural Bihar.</strong>&nbsp;</h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">A student of standard 3 of the Singapore American School in Singapore, Hridaan has always been moved by the plight of the lesser fortunate among us.&nbsp; This benevolence has also led him to be a part of the &lsquo;Care for Cambodia&rsquo; club at school.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Recently Hridaan, accompanying his parents, attended Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s 1<sup>st</sup> overseas fundraising event in Singapore.&nbsp; It was really amazing to see that how a 9-year-old could be so deeply moved by the <a href="../../why-blindness" target="_blank"><strong>plight of blind</strong></a> and indigent people in rural Bihar, in India &ndash; the country of his ancestral origin.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Many philanthropists pledged and came forward with their contributions at the event. Hridaan&rsquo;s parents also came forward to provide support for 14 cataract surgeries.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Amidst these acts of goodness, Hridaans shy voice really touched everyone&rsquo;s heart &ndash;</p>
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<p><strong>I too want to help someone get back his eyesight.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Hridaan was thanked much and explained the ways, in which he could contribute, by members of <a href="../../" target="_blank"><strong>Akhand Jyoti</strong></a> team.&nbsp; He was much impressed with Akhand Jyoti&rsquo;s <a href="../../pledge-on-your-birthday" target="_blank"><strong>&ldquo;Pledge on Your Birthday&rdquo;</strong></a> donation bucket.&nbsp; This donation bucket allows a potential donor to request his/ her birthday invitees, not to bring any gifts, but <a href="../../gift-someone-sight" target="_blank"><strong>donate</strong></a> an equal amount towards sight-restoring surgeries conducted by Akhand Jyoti.</p>
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<h3><strong>Hridaan went on to donate his birthday gift money to support sight-restoring surgeries at Akhand Jyoti.&nbsp; </strong></h3>
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<p><strong>There is much to learn from Hridaan&rsquo;s contribution.&nbsp; </strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Like money in itself has it&rsquo;s limitation in satisfying us. <strong>It&rsquo;s not because of the money, but because of what we can do with the money.</strong> That&rsquo;s what makes having it meaningful.&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Our &lsquo;Why&rsquo; is what gives our money its true purpose. </strong>&nbsp;<strong>What we do with it makes all the difference.</strong>&nbsp; It&rsquo;s what makes having it and then spending it worthwhile.&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>In the end, it&rsquo;s not about how much money we make, but what we do with that money.</strong> We know the famous expression, which says money can&rsquo;t buy happiness. Yet, it&rsquo;s also important to know that it can be used to help someone address their basic needs. Like access health services, and pave pathways to their dreams. <strong>It can light up lives by restoring hope and rekindling faith.</strong>&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>So the pathway to finding great happiness through spending your money, is to make sure it helps others. </strong>Hridaan has found this out at a very early age, which is why we believe that his money and happiness will always compound in life.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Here we really appreciate the efforts of his parents in nurturing <strong>the seed of &lsquo;helping others&rsquo;</strong> in his tender mind.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">He understands that the happiness of others is our happiness, and so is the pain. This is because we are all connected.</p>
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<h3><strong>Can you feel that connection?</strong></h3>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">So let&rsquo;s support our fellow brothers and sisters, the hard working rural men and women, alienated from many basic necessities in life, the hungry, the lost, and the blind. Let&rsquo;s value their work and existence, and support each other&rsquo;s vision. A little help can go a long way.</p>
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<h4 style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Your support would put us one step closer in attaining our goal to make Bihar blind-free by 2022, in our efforts to&nbsp;<a href="../../why-blindness" target="_blank">eradicate curable blindness</a> from low-income geographies.</strong></h4>