While the news is filled with reports of Goldman Sachs executives pocketing huge bonuses during the world’s fiscal crisis, there are some in the financial world making a difference. The couple knew of a young woman in Kenya, who, though HIV positive, proclaimed her status positively in the community. At the time, living in a shack, she was only 21 years old, with a four year old son. But she wanted other young women like herself to get tested, so they could get medication as she was. Stigmatized in her own community, she would even go to prenatal clinics to get expecting mothers to understand how they could prevent transmission.
Sadly, she died four years later, around this past Christmas. But this couple stepped in, guided by the help of one of the people in the book. They are now anonymously paying for an excellent boarding school in Kenya for her son, so that he can have stability in his life. Considering he is an orphan, he is as happy as he can be. Due to this couple’s care and commitment, he has the potential for a full and truly rich life.
As far as perks, that is what I would call a real bonus.
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