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Ryan hreljac was born in a wealthy family in Canada on July 1992. After the "Well of Ryan" incident, he was called the "Soul of Canada" and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Young Heroes in North America". Ruian Well Foundation is an internationally funded foundation, which was formally established in March, 20001. By 2002, Ryan's Water Well Foundation had drilled 30 wells for 8 countries in Africa. On March 15, 2003, Ryan went to Japan to attend the Third World Water Forum, and CCTV's "Tell the Truth" column invited Ryan and his mother to visit China. Ryan and his mother met a large audience in China through Tell the Truth. At the end of this program, Ryan left a sentence: "I will try to get clean water until my father's age."

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/kloc-one day in 1998, ryan hreljac, a 6-year-old Canadian boy, rushed home after school and reached out and said to his mother, "I want to dig a well for children in Africa so that they can have clean water to drink." It must sound like a dream, a dream of a 6-year-old child, an impossible dream ... who will take this fantasy seriously?

Five years later, this dream has become a career involving hundreds of people. This ordinary boy is called "the soul of Canada". As the only Canadian, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Young Heroes in North America".

On March 15, Ryan made a short stop in Beijing on his way to Japan to attend the third World Water Forum. CCTV's "Tell the Truth" program welcomed this guest from afar.

The host announced that the "Well of Ryan" Foundation has raised 750,000 Canadian dollars. There was a buzz in the audience.

This ordinary boy is thin, quiet, white, and his face is red-how can he have such power?

"I didn't take his words seriously. Children's thoughts are always changing. "

1998 65438+ 10, Kemptville, Ontario, Canada, 50 kilometers away from Ottawa.

Nancy Prestel, a teacher at Holy Cross Church School, is teaching first-grade children. This school is carrying out a donation activity to help developing countries. She talked about the living conditions in Africa that day and how to help them.

"In Africa, children don't have toys, there is not enough food and medicine, and many people can't even drink clean water." Nancy said, "Thousands of children died because of drinking polluted water."

Six-year-old Ryan's eyes widened. He doesn't believe that anyone in this world will die without clean water. "I'm so sad. No one should live that life. " He told how he felt at that time, and his blue eyes were as clear as the lake.

"Every penny can help them." Nancy told the children that 1 cent can buy a pencil, 25 cents can buy 175 vitamin tablets, 60 cents can pay a child's medical expenses for two months, 1 dollar can buy a hearty lunch and 2 dollars can buy a blanket. "If we have 70 yuan, we can help them dig a well."

All day, Ryan's mind was full of the idea of "a well in 70 yuan". "I must dig a well for them." He thought, "I'll bring 70 yuan tomorrow."

In the face of Ryan's request, Susan's mother just smiled and said, "Good, Ryan."

"No, I didn't take his words seriously at all." Susan recalled the scene at that time and said, "It's good that he wanted to help others. But you know, children's thoughts always change from time to time. "

Susan is an adviser to the Ontario Committee on Civil Rights, Culture and Recreation. Ryan's father Mark is a policeman. This is an ordinary family of five. Besides Ryan, there are my brother Jordan and my brother Kevin Keegan.

At dinner, Ryan brought it up again.

"No, Ryan, 70 dollars is too much." Susan had to tell him directly, "We can't afford it."

The next day, Ryan came back from school gloomily and mentioned it to his parents again.

"You don't understand at all!" He cried and said, "People don't have clean water to drink. Children are dying. They need this money!" " "

"Oh, my God, he's driving us crazy these days!" Susan painfully put her hand on her forehead and said to me in an exaggerated way, "She always asks us when she has time, as if he can't live without giving him that 70 yuan."

Susan and Mark had to have a serious discussion, and then they announced their decision: "We can't give you this money. If you really want it, you can earn it yourself. "

Susan put an old biscuit box on the refrigerator and drew Ryan an integral table with 35 squares. For every two dollars added to the cookie box, Ryan can erase a box. Susan said, "Ryan, remember, you can only earn this money by doing extra housework." What you do every day now doesn't count. "

"ok!" Ryan cried and smiled.

Ryan's first task is to vacuum the carpet. Jordan and Kevin Keegan both went out to play. Ryan worked for more than two hours. Susan "checked" and put two dollars in the cookie box.

"When I'm done, my back can't stand straight, and it hurts for several days!" Ryan said, "I usually just make the bed and walk the dog." I never knew I was so tired. "

A few days later, the whole family went to the movies. Ryan cleaned the windows at home for two hours and earned the second dollar.

Gradually, everyone knew Ryan's dream. Grandpa hired three brothers to pick up pine cones; After the snowstorm, the neighbor asked him to help pick up the branches; Ryan got good grades in the exam, and his father gave him a reward. From then on, Ryan stopped buying toys ... all these were put in the old cookie box by Ryan.

"To be honest, I thought Ryan would get bored soon!" Susan said, "but he persisted for four months."

"Why not just give him 70 yuan?" I asked.

"Seventy dollars is a lot of money for a six-year-old child. If he wants it, he should work hard instead of simply taking money from his father to the teacher. " Susan replied.

One day in April, before going to work, Susan suddenly found that the scorecard was almost full. "Who will dig wells in Africa after saving enough money?" She began to worry.

The school did not provide relevant information. Susan turned to her friend Brenda for help. She works in an international development organization. Brenda said: A small non-profit organization in Ottawa seems to be doing this. They not only raise money, but also dig wells in Africa. The name of this organization is "Water Tank".

Brenda called the pitcher: "There may not be many 70 yuan, but this kid earned it through hard work. I think he should give it to you in person. "

One morning in late April, Ryan solemnly put on a suit and tie, holding an old biscuit box full of two small changes on his chest, and handed him to Nicole, who was in charge of the pitcher at that time.

"Here's another five dollars," Ryan whispered. "I also give it to you. Maybe I can buy a hot meal for the digger. "

"Thank you so much, Ryan!" Nicole smiled and said, "You are really a big help." Then, she explained to Ryan their "water purification" project in Africa. Finally, she was embarrassed to say that 70 yuan is actually only enough to buy a water pump, and digging a well costs more, almost 2000 yuan.

"Oh, great!" Ryan doesn't know what 2000 yuan means. He just said excitedly, "Then I will work more to make money!" " "

That night, Susan and Mark fell silent. "He has come so far," Mark said. "We can't tell him: Son, you have tried your best, but you really can't change anything."

They don't know what to do in the future. They hope that Ryan will forget it over time. "We really want to help him." Susan sighed and said, "but how can a 6-year-old child earn so much money by doing housework!" " "

A turning point appeared.

Brenda was moved by Ryan's insistence. In the following week, she sent emails to her family and friends, telling them that a child is doing a great job to help children in Africa have water to drink.

Soon, a cousin who is an accountant wrote back: "I am very touched. I want to donate some money to help Ryan. "

Others wrote back and told Brenda that this is an exciting story and should be published in the newspaper.

Brenda did it. Soon, Ryan's story appeared in Kemputwell's Forward, titled Ryan's Well. In September, 1999, The Ottawa Citizen published the same report. Ryan's story began to spread quickly throughout Canada, and TV stations kept asking for interviews.

A week later, a strange letter appeared in the mailbox of Healy Jack's house. The envelope said: Ryan's well in Campville, Ontario. There is a check from 25 yuan in the envelope with a note: "I wish I could do more."

Soon, another check arrived. The recipients this time are: Kemputville, Holy Cross School, and Ryan's Well. The denomination is 20 yuan.

A group of drillers in eastern Ontario watched Ryan's program on TV and donated 2700 yuan to Ryan's well.

Some high school students raised 228 Canadian dollars by selling bottled water and sent it to the pitcher in the name of "Well of Ryan".

Donations were sent to pitchers from all over Canada in the name of "Ryan's Well".

At the same time, the Canadian International Development Organization (CIDA) said that if "Well of Ryan" gets a donation of 1 cent, they will donate another two cents to support him.

Donations were quickly raised.

At the end of September, Giz, an engineer from CPAR Uganda office, flew to Canada to discuss with Ryan how to build and maintain water wells.

As soon as Gitz saw Ryan, he hugged him tightly: "I know you donated a well to us, thank you!" " "

Giz brought a list of places where wells are needed. In Uganda, only 46% people have access to clean water. This is a long list, which scares Ryan. He asked Gitz: Can the well be built near the school? Gitz studied it carefully and told Ryan there was a suitable place near Horvath in northern Uganda, where there was a Rouen primary school.

Angkor region suffered from 13 years of rebellion, long-term drought and AIDS. The nearest water source is a pond 5 kilometers away. Children with intestinal parasites can be seen everywhere in the village, where14 students suffer from serious aquatic parasitic diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever all the year round. 3. 1 10,000 residents, but no doctor, 1/5 children died before the age of 5.

Ryan listened carefully to Gitz and said nothing.

Giz explained to Ryan how to dig a well: "Manual sinking is a hard work, and it takes about 20 people 10 days to complete. We really want to have a drilling rig that can dig many wells quickly. "

Ryan said nothing and suddenly said, "I want to save money to buy a drilling machine." His voice is small but firm: "I want everyone in Africa to drink clean water."

After returning home that day, Susan said to Mark, "Great, our goal now is to save 25 thousand Canadian dollars to buy a drilling machine." Neither of the couple spoke again.

"We are thinking that maybe we are pushing this child to failure and despair step by step." Susan said to me.

"Why not persuade him to give up?" I asked.

She paused and then said, "Ryan has done a lot." We feel that we will support him as long as he is willing to persist. "

"Ryan just let me know that as long as everyone works hard, they can change the world."

At this time, Ryan has been in the second grade. His classmates are all proud of his dream. Lynn, the head teacher, asked pitchers and CPAR to help their class to carry out exchange activities with Rouen Primary School.

The first batch of letters was sent from Canada on June 1999. Two months later, Ryan and his classmates received a reply. The letter Ryan received read as follows:

Dear Ryan, my name is Jimmy Ankana. I am eight years old. I like football. Our house is built of grass. What about America? Your friend, Jimmy Ankana.

CPAR staff also took a photo of Jimmy and sent it with the letter: a thin black child, grinning.

Ryan is very excited: he has an African pen pal now! For days on end, he was thinking about his new friend. "Mom, can I meet him some day?" He asked. Susan touched his head: "Maybe, maybe when you 12, we can save enough money to let you go to Africa."

Ryan was so happy that he wrote back.

Dear Jimmy, it must be cool to live in a grass house! I am eight years old now. Do you drink water from my well every day? What's your favorite subject at school? /kloc-I will go to Uganda when I am 0/2 years old. The house where I live is made of bricks. Please write back as soon as possible. Your friend Ryan.

The news that Ryan 12 years old is going to Uganda was spread by Jimmy. This matter is being discussed in every corner of Rouen Primary School. All the children wrote to their pen pals: Do you know that Ryan 12 will come to Uganda at the age of two? Will you go with him?

On New Year's Day that year, Ryan's neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Penters, gave Ryan a special gift-a one-way ticket for three people to Uganda. "Show Ryan his friend Jimmy and his well," said Mr. Penter.

"We couldn't believe it at the time." Susan said, "That's very kind of them. They love Ryan and want him to be happy. "

Immediately, the Ottawa Citizen published a message to collect mileage for Ryan's return plane (free air ticket), and the whole country took action.

On July 27th, 2000, shortly after the first well in Ryan was repaired. Ryan and his parents drove a truck and bumped all the way to Rouen.

The village gradually appeared in front of us, and several children found it, jumping and shouting: Ryan! Ryan.

Ryan's eyes widened in surprise. "Mom, do they know my name? ! "

Gitz, who was traveling with him, said with a smile, "Son, people in Fiona Fang, Fiona Fang know your name for several kilometers."

When the car drove into the village, everyone was shocked: more than 5,000 children lined up in two rows on the side of the road, applauding enthusiastically, shouting at Ryan and waving their hands.

Ryan got out of the car shyly and greeted everyone shyly. A tall and thin black boy came up and held out his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Jimmy."

"Hello, Jimmy." Ryan also answered.

The two of them were embarrassed and stood in the eyes of everyone. Everyone looked at the two children without saying a word and smiled.

Jimmy and Ryan were surrounded by children on their way to the well.

"We were all shocked." Susan said.

The well is surrounded by flowers, and the cement base is engraved with the words-Ryan's well: built by Ryan Herlejak for the Rouen primary school community.

Ryan walked back and forth like touching his own baby, watching carefully.

An old man in the village stood up and said loudly, "Look at the children around us: they are all healthy. Thanks to Ryan and our Canadian friends. For us, water is life. "

The crowd exploded. The children jumped for joy, and the adults laughed till tears came to their eyes.

The headmaster of Rouen Primary School pushed a lamb out of the crowd and put the frightened little animal beside Ryan. Ryan almost stare big eyes, cover your mouth, afraid of screaming out loud.

The headmaster bowed deeply to Ryan and said, "This is a gift from the Rouen community to express our gratitude."

Ryan took the mutton and said shyly, "I feel very lucky." I live in a country where I can drink clean water at any time. Uganda doesn't have that much water. But I'm very excited. Now you have water to drink! ..... I want to tell all Canadians to help you. I dream that one day, all people in Africa can drink clean water. This is a big dream. But I know that as long as you really yearn for and work hard, everyone can realize their dreams. "

The drums sounded, the crowd formed a circle, and the children danced the traditional celebration dance. Jimmy took Ryan's hand and joined the team. Everyone is blowing, laughing and dancing.

"That was my most unforgettable day." Ryan said, his eyes are full of energy.

"Ruian Well" has been put into use in Rouen community for more than two years, and nearby families have also moved in. The population and enrollment rate in this area have increased dramatically. Children don't have to spend hours every day to carry water far away, they all start school; Women don't have to rush about for the draught of the whole family all day, but they have time to farm or do some small business. By the spring of 2002, Rouen Primary School had 1250 students and 300 middle school students.

Clean water sources have a great impact on the regional economy. The grain and oil market has expanded, the income of local farmers has increased, and a large number of residents have moved in, providing more workers for enterprise production.

In March of 200 1 year, the "Well of Ryan" Foundation was formally established.

Ryan went to school to publicize, send emails and tell people to help others; He attended various international conferences and told his dreams to more people. The whole family joined the activity: my brother was responsible for the voice during the speech, my brother just learned to take pictures of Ryan, my father was responsible for convening the board meeting of the foundation, and my mother was responsible for the specific operation of the foundation.

With the help of CPAR and water tank, Ryan's Water Well Foundation has built 30 wells for 8 countries in Africa.

Mark wrote to tell me: "What I remember most in these years is watching Ryan grow up little by little, but he never gave up his dream." He now knows that there are many places in the world where people don't have water except Africa. I believe he will continue to do what he thinks is worth doing. "

Susan said that she would never forget how many people came to thank her when she set foot on Rouen's land. Ryan's dream came true and really helped so many people. "As an adult in a modern society, it may be inevitable to become pessimistic and secular." She said, "But Ryan just let me know that as long as everyone works hard, they can change the world."

She repeatedly stressed: "This is the most important lesson my 1 1 year-old son taught his 42-year-old mother."

"You remind us why we live on this planet instead of consuming and buying things we don't need."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" I asked Ryan.

"I want to be a water conservancy engineer and go to Africa to help people find water. I want to work as old as my father and live quietly by a lake after retirement. " Ryan answered calmly.

"It never occurred to you that this is a very difficult job?" I asked Ryan.

"No." He replied cheerfully, "Besides, I am willing to do anything difficult as long as I can help others."

"I thought Ryan would stop donating the first well." Susan said, "But when we see that there are so many places in Africa that need water, we think we should stick to it."

"Have you ever thought that if one day Ryan suddenly gets bored?" I asked Susan.

"Will you?" Susan asked Ryan with a smile, then turned to me and said, "But don't you think he has done enough?" If he chooses to give up, we will not force him. "

"After five years, haven't you thought about giving up?"

"Of course." Susan replied, "Mark and I both work full-time, and we also take part in a lot of voluntary work. I work in four non-profit organizations in my spare time. Mark is the coach of two school basketball teams, and we have three children to take care of. Although some friends come to help us, sometimes I still feel too tired. "

"It would be nice if the foundation had several full-time employees." In reply to my email, Mark said, "However, this is only a small foundation. All donations go to Ryan's well, and we have no right to use this money to pay for any paid work. Of course, the most important thing is that people who support us all over the world give us strength. "

Susan said, "Many emails are very touching. I read them to Ryan, and I burst into tears. "

After listening to Ryan's story, a little girl in Texas, USA, wrote them a letter and sent it to them 17 dollars: I was moved by Ryan. I also want to help others. I sold my hair. I hope these are useful.

A girl named Janice 18 gave up her concert in Backstreet Boys. She has saved money for this for seven years.

"But I suddenly found out how boring it is! I intend to donate money to those who are short of water. When washing dishes tonight, I suddenly felt that we were so lucky that everything was taken for granted. You let me look at life from a new perspective. "

Steven, who works in nursing, said, "You have given people new hope. Like a snowball falling from the mountain, it is getting bigger and bigger ... Although I have donated three African children and donated 10% of my salary to charity every month, you make me feel that I have not done enough. Thank you, Ryan, for reminding us why we should live on this planet, not to consume and buy things we don't need, but to love and help others. "

A 40-year-old man said, "I almost forgot what else I could do." I have heard too many people say to me: stop dreaming; You can't do that. Now I know that's not true. Thank you, Ryan. "

"I'm a locomotive engineer. I will retire in six years, but I am still in good health. " Richard of the United States wrote: "I have a technical certificate, my hands can still work, and I can repair the drill bit." If you need a volunteer driller or porter one day, don't forget to tell me. "

A letter signed "Ordinary Americans" wrote: "You have proved to me that we should not lose confidence in the next generation. Pleasure and greed are not as rampant as people think. I save some money and time every month to help those unfortunate people. Your foundation is my donor this month. Besides, I will put you on the annual donation list. As long as you persist, I will always support you. "

"These letters give us strength." Susan said. "Most of the donations are small. Children go out to pick up waste, and adults deduct a little from their wages. It is these passions that infect and support us. "

Ryan said aside: "An American girl only sent us 5 cents; Two sisters in Taipei sent me $200 1. But I think, for that little girl, 5 cents may be all she has, so they all helped a lot. "

At first, Ryan insisted on writing thank-you letters to every donor, even those who donated only 5 cents. After the letter is written, my brother Keegan is responsible for putting it in an envelope and putting a stamp on it.

"My hands are sore." Ryan shook his hand. With more and more donations, Susan decided to print out a thank-you note, and Ryan filled in the name of the donor.

Not long ago, Ryan received a letter from a college student in China: I was touched by your story. I wish I could do something for you.

Susan wrote back that our website is available in English, French and Japanese. If you like, you can help us translate the home page into Chinese. After a while, Susan received a reply.

"I am very excited." She said, "Originally, we just wanted him to help us translate the homepage, but his emails were page by page, dozens of pages long." Susan stared and made a gesture. "Can you believe it? He translated all the contents of the website! "

This college student's name is Song Yang, and he comes from Shenyang University. He wrote back to me and said: Ryan made his own contribution to our world when he was six years old. "As a 2 1 year-old college student, I am deeply ashamed-what have I done for the world? I said to myself at that time, I should do something for the world! "

"Who do you think has helped you the most?" I asked Ryan.

He wriggled shyly in his chair, blushing, naughty and serious: "Mom-she is considerate. She loves me very much. I really don't know what I can do without her. "

"You see, he is just an ordinary child, no different from other children."

March, 2003 15 "Tell the truth" was recorded live.

An old woman stood up and said that after listening to Ryan's story, I felt that my grandson was particularly lazy and did nothing. What can Susan do to make him do so much housework?

Burst into laughter.

Susan said, "Our whole family should share the housework. Ryan used to make the bed, walk the dog and wash the dishes, but he won't get paid for doing these things. "

Some viewers asked: Is this for fame or is it helpful for going to college?

"No, I don't want to be famous at all." Ryan is busy arguing.

Susan explained, "I remember at the end of the first TV interview, Ryan said to me, Mom, I don't want to be interviewed anymore. There are so many cameras pointed at me and so many lights shining on me. This feeling is too bad! "

"You're not worried about the negative impact of such multimedia publicity on Ryan?" I asked Susan.

"Of course I'm worried." Susan said. She once talked to Ryan's teacher, Lynn, about this matter, hoping that everyone would not place too much enthusiasm and concern on Ryan.

"No, you don't have to worry." Lynn said. Lynn told Susan that the whole class decided to help after learning about the dream of "Well of Ryan". They put a pitcher with Ryan's photo on the lecture table, and everyone can put the saved change in it. One day, she found Ryan secretly taking off his photo while everyone was out playing.

"I have enough money to donate my own well." Ryan explained: "The money should be donated by the whole class."

To tell the truth, the show gave them two China masks. When I told Kevin Keegan that his mask was Zhang Fei, an ancient hero of China, Ryan anxiously took his Monkey King and asked me, "What is this? Is it also a hero? "

"This is a monkey. Very amazing. Being able to go to heaven and enter the ground is endless. "

Ryan happily put it on and went to bed with his brother. "You see, he is just an ordinary child, no different from other children." Susan said.

During the recording process, the most frequently asked question by China audience is: Will Ryan's participation in these activities not affect his study?

"I have asked so many times!" The translator who had been with Ryan and Susan later complained, "The people sitting around me are tired of asking questions and keep muttering: Why is this problem again?"

Susan's answer is simple: "We will try our best to control his schedule and prevent him from participating in social activities too much."

Ryan only attends meetings or lectures on holidays, but even on the road, he is doing his homework or reading.

"Ryan turned out to be just an ordinary student." Susan later said. "Later, his grades rose instead. We never asked him to have too much pressure on his studies, but he felt from this incident that everyone can do things well as long as they concentrate. "

There is only one corner in Celie Jack's house that belongs to this dream.

That was the children's room when the children were young. Now it is on Zhang greatly's desk, and the walls are covered with photos of Ryan's participation in various activities. On one side of the wall, there is a map of the world. Whenever an email or donation arrives to support Ryan, they will make a mark on the map, and 65 countries have been circled. On the other side of the wall, there is a map of Africa, which shows where there is water shortage and where wells are drilled. Every night, the whole family gathers in this room to deal with mails from all over the world. Susan and Mark usually only choose one letter for Ryan to reply, and more work is undertaken by adults.

"In addition to these, Ryan still has a lot of room." Susan said, "He needs to study, play and rest. He plays basketball, swimming and hockey. We try our best to arrange his life, and dreams are not everything to a person. "

"Will it affect your study?" This question frequently asked by China audiences intrigues me: Will a 6-year-old China child have the same dream as Ryan? If he did, what would China's parents think of this dream? How will the public in China view such a dream?

In my correspondence with Song Yang, I asked these questions to "verify" him, especially if he had his own dreams when he was a child.

Song Yang wrote back saying-

First, he won't have a brother, and no one will help him pick up pinecones and share toys with him.

Second, if both parents are laid-off workers and have problems in life, can we still talk about giving children money to take care of others?

Thirdly, I don't think there are many parents in China who can support Ryan's dream like Susan ... Parents will spend more time to let their children study hard and go to a good university in the future ... They will also send their children to cram schools, and they will even refuse to let their children use their spare time for activities other than study.

"Maybe many children in China have dreams similar to Ryan's," he finally said. "But I think their dreams are much less likely to come true."

He didn't answer me what dreams he had when he was a child.

2 Honorary Contributing Editor

Ryan Herlejak is called "the soul of Canada". 200 1 With the help of the Canadian International Development Association, the "Ryan Well" Foundation was established. On September 30th, 2002, he received the National Medal of Honor (10) awarded by the Governor-General of Canada. As the only Canadian, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Young Heroes in North America". All this comes from his little wish when he was 6 years old-to dig a well for African children! At first, all the money for digging wells was earned by one person doing housework. Then relatives, friends and neighbors joined in ... As time went on, his wish inspired adults in more than 60 countries around the world, and the team that helped Ryan became bigger and bigger, and people donated money to help each other. By the beginning of 2003, the Shui On Well Foundation had more than 700,000 Canadian dollars and dug more than 70 wells in Africa.

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This paper describes that Ryan, a 6-year-old ordinary boy in Canada, decided to drill a well for the African people with the encouragement of his first-grade teacher. Through his efforts and everyone's efforts, he finally got 2000 yuan for drilling wells and a drilling rig, and set up the "Well of Ryan" Foundation to drill 30 wells for African countries.

4 basic editor

On June 5438+ 10, 2002, Canadian Prime Minister Chretien cordially received Ryan, who was very supportive and donated 100 Canadian dollars to the Ryan Weill Foundation on the spot. 100 Canadian dollars is only symbolic. "

At the beginning of 2003, the Ryan Well Foundation had 750,000 Canadian dollars, and Ryan has helped Africa dig more than 70 wells.

Hope to adopt, thank you!