universities in western state," shows insight and information about how Andrew Forrest is such a
philanthropist towards the betterment of education.
This donation will help many students with college payments. The Press says, "AU$50 million will be used to establish the Forrest Foundation to fund scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships at all five universities in Western Australia state." Many students, the ones who are not smart enough to get a full ride, have loan debts that take years to pay off. Most people eventually get them payed off by the time they are acouple of years into their career. This donation can help get students off to a good start; when students see this act of generosity they will be more inclined to help others as well.
The betterment of society should not go unnoticed. Forrest said in a statement, "Let us all never forget that only education can be the final key to eliminate poverty in the world and raise the universal standard of living, ultimately to increase the nobility of the human cause." Forrest, a 52-year-old entrepreneur who graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1983 with an economics degree, said that Australia should develop a higher-profile philanthropic culture. People need to model their actions after this man; therefore, we are going to have to sacrifice time and money to make things better in our community.
The wealthy people should take action to help those that are less fortunate. The Press says,
"Forrest and his wife Nicola are the first Australians to join "The Giving Pledge" movement founded by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett, the head of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The pledge commits billionaires to donate most of their wealth to charity." More programs like this need to be put into place. These billionaires have so much money they do not even know what to do with it. They can at least share some to help others out in these hard economic times; people love these programs. Anna Draffin, deputy chief executive officer of the charity umbrella group Philanthropy Australia, described the Forrest gift as the largest philanthropic donation from an Australian.
I myself could benefit from these types of programs. Any scholarship money I could get would be ablessing. Forrest's, as well as any other billionaire, donation helps many students all around the world with college costs that some families just cannot afford. Students adore people as generous as this man is.
People need to help their neighbors and fellow man out as much as they can. Being generous and volunteering are great ways to show philanthropy to others. Try to be the best person you can be for society. Improve on what makes us weak and capitalize on what makes us strong. If we all just gave some effort to make things better it would be amazing how much our society would improve.
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