Colorful Acrylic Painting of Tree and the Desire to Give

I’ve recently come up with the idea of a small social enterprising company called, “The Giving Tree.” Essentially, I’d like to start by selling artwork, paintings and photographs, and use the profits to empower locals in developing countries through already established microfinancing organizations, like Kiva. You can purchase this painting on my Etsy store.

[image error] Here is the beginning of a post that I created to feature my idea of using my art to raise funds:
What is your passion? What is your dream?
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When I was a little girl, I wanted to save the world. I didn’t know what that even meant at the time, but somehow I knew that it was my purpose in life. As I grew older, my dreams became a bit more specific. In high school, I wanted to be a public relations specialist for a non-profit organization. I planned on joining the Peace Corp directly out of college and then continuing a career in nonprofit work.

The first time I volunteered abroad in Cambodia, following my graduation from UCLA, I quickly became jaded. The evidence of millions of dollars of wasted UN funds lined the streets of Phnom Penh in hundreds of unused UN trucks. Our volunteer contact, Daniel Rothenberg, explained that in order to get the approval for the annual UN budget, the UN had to use their entire budget each year. As a result, millions went wasted on unused trucks when it could have been allocated to a much more needed purpose. There has to be a better way than this, I thought. READ THE ENTIRE POST…

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