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http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/forum/20150731/36696236/PENCILSOFPROMISE

The hardest part of changing the world is figuring out how to begin. We often think it will take a huge amount of resources, but with only US$25, American Adam Braun managed to make a difference.
When Braun was in college, he was traveling in India, where he met a poor young boy. He asked the boy that if he could have one thing, what would it be? The boy said he wanted an ordinary pencil. Later when Braun got a job on Wall Street, the boy’s wish stayed with him. In 2008, Braun opened an account and deposited US$25. It was a humble beginning of his charity, Pencils of Promise, which was founded with the goal of building schools in the developing world.

要改變世界最困難的部分就是要想出該如何開始。我們通常會認為那會耗費許多資源，但是來自美國的亞當•博朗設法只用了二十五美元便對世界產生了重大影響。
博朗念大學時，他在印度旅行的途中遇到了一個貧窮的小男生。他問那個小男生如果能擁有一樣東西的話，那會是什麼？那個小男生說他想要一枝普通的鉛筆。後來博朗在華爾街找到工作時，他一直念念不忘那個小男生的願望。2008 年時，博朗開了一個帳戶並存進二十五美元。這就是他的慈善機構「鉛筆的承諾」一個小小的開始，它成立的目標是要在全球開發中的國家蓋學校。