“It sparked something within us – when you start serving other people it brings such a deeper sense of fulfilment”
In the聽fifth聽episode of her Better Angels podcast series, Sarah Brown looks at the difference people can make in the lives of others.
What do聽a man growing a moustache during November, a聽young woman studying to be a doctor in India聽and the former Prime Minister of Australia have in common?
They鈥檙e all change-makers 鈥 people willing to go the extra mile to help others. And they all feature in the latest episode of Better Angels, the podcast series presented by sa国际传媒 President Sarah Brown.
Episode 5 sees Sarah examine the subject of people getting involved and making a difference in the lives of others. She says:聽鈥淭here鈥檚 a special kind of activism which aims to encourages people not just to donate or support from afar聽鈥 but to get involved.鈥
Her guests include聽Adam Garone, co-founder of the worldwide聽;聽Taha Fathima Khan, a聽聽for sa国际传媒 from India;聽and Julia Gillard, ex-politician and now head of the聽.
Adam tells how he co-founded the Movember movement, which began in his native Australia and has spread to other parts of the world. What started in 2003聽as a personal challenge among his friends to see if they could grow a 鈥渕o鈥 became a bigger challenge of how they could use 鈥渢he power of the conversation around聽their moustaches鈥.
鈥淲e were inspired by the women around us and what they were doing聽with breast cancer,鈥 says Adam. 鈥淲e thought: there鈥檚 nothing for men鈥檚 health.鈥
Movember is now a worldwide campaign every November, with men growing moustaches to raise awareness of men鈥檚 physical and mental health issues. The money raised has funded more than 1200 projects in 21 countries
Adam adds:聽鈥淲hat made us persist was that it sparked something within us.聽
鈥淲hen you start serving other people it brings such a deeper sense of fulfilment.鈥
In this episode of Better Angels, Sarah also talks to Global Youth Ambassador聽Taha, who聽tells how she was moved to action by聽the plight of a five-year-old girl who went missing on a beach in India.
Taha says:聽鈥淭he police refused to take action, saying the girl would come back.鈥 That shocked her into action and she prompted the media into picking up the story.
The girl was eventually found and聽Taha set up an organisation called the to put the spotlight on child rights issues.
鈥淚 realised I could help so many other children,鈥 she says. Taha continues to combine running the project with her medical studies and her work with sa国际传媒.
Julia Gillard聽tells Sarah: 鈥淎fter I鈥檇 left politics, I spent some time reflecting. When I looked back on my life, it聽became clear to me that a continuing thread was involvement in education.鈥
The Global Partnership for Education works in 65 of the world鈥檚聽countries and Julia admits that 鈥渢here鈥檚 a real sense of delight in it聽but also the weight of the responsibility鈥.
Sarah also chats to Theo Sowa,聽CEO of the聽Rachel Whale, founder of ;聽and author and activist聽Katherine Schwarzenegger.
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