The Awesome Foundation is an international league of philanthropists who pool their resources to make your cities better places to live. The concept couldn’t be simpler really; a group of ten members each contribute $100 a month which they use to provide one lucky recipient with a $1000 grant (no strings attached) to help their project take flight.
Graffiti started life as a protest, as a beautiful riot against the concrete jungle and the fences that isolated the poor from the rich. The midnight prophets of the subways and back alleys have so profoundly influenced our lives and touched the souls of our cities, that we have come to revere their visual poetry. And graffiti, for better or for worse, has become a beloved art form transforming the dull grey denizens of our city into exquisite canvases.
We hear this motto a lot, ‘Travel Light, Pack Light, Live Light’ and I agree that what we learn on the road can be an adage for how to live our lives. Here are 5 things I’ve learned about how a nomad’s mindset can serve us well in our everyday.
Thomas Slabbert is what you would call a go-getter. At 15, he has already started his very own charity called 3 More Moves. His first love is for climbing but, living in South Africa where most students can’t afford to play sports, so Thomas decided to do something about this and so he started a charity that gets young disadvantaged South Africans climbing.
There is an African proverb that says: “If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven’t spent a night with a mosquito,” and these amazing teens are proof that you are never too young to effect real change. Read, be inspired and go forth and change your world a little today.
Thomas is a young entrepreneur with a passion for climbing. He has travelled throughout Africa, lived in some obscure places and even caught a crocodile! He has a passion to help others live life to the fullest and does so through this community outreach rock climbing project.