Ryan Hreljac
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Ryan Hreljac (born 1991) is a Canadian boy who, at the age of six, began raising money for the world's most needy, and has since raised over $1.5 million for water projects in Africa.
In January of 1998, at the age of 6, Ryan's grade one teacher led a lesson in which she talked about the plight of people in Africa who were without water and had to walk for kilometers every day just to fetch drinkable water. Ryan then decided to raise the money to drill a well, the value of about $70, and did extra chores to earn the money. Since then Ryan has set up the Ryan's Well foundation, and received the Order of Ontario for his work in 2003.
[edit] Ryan's Projects
Before Ryan's Well Foundation was established in March 2001, Ryan had supported 77 wells in places like Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ethiopia. Since then, Ryan has continued to support well and sanitation projects with the help of partners such as CPAR (Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief) and other indigenous organizations. Ryan's vision is to help provide clean water and related health services to people in African countries and in other developing nations.[1]
[edit] Projects Inspired by Ryan
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