Palm - Spring 2008 - (Page 15) F E AT U R E said Smith. “In a lot of these countries you have children born into poverty who have barriers to their education, get low paying jobs if they find work at all, and then have children of their own into these circumstances. If we can help remove some of those barriers, we can transform the lives of a lot of children.” While the endeavor has been successful so far, the pair has no plans to compete with or supplant any existing organization. Brightpoint’s first group of individuals that were sponsored were from areas where a group called The 410 Bridge was already working in Kenya. “I was in Kenya working with The 410 Bridge and there was a street home that had been made where all of these children whose parents had either died or abandoned them stayed,” said Smith. “But I saw that they didn’t always have food to eat and that there was a real need for ongoing support of these children.” Brightpoint is now a strategic partner with The 410 Bridge to help provide that kind of ongoing support. ß AT O . O RG 15
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