We would like to share with you a letter received from a very good friend who explains better than anyone, how this project was born.
"Don‘t fool yourselves. Mas Por Ellos is not an NGO, nor is it a social enterprise. Mas Por Ellos is a story. A story of intuition, willpower, courage and team work. A story of how to make a dream come true."
‘’Dreams create life, and you only live if you achieve your dreams.’’
I will never forget the day that Alvaro Perez Pla, years ago, told me during a summer’s night, that in September he was beginning his adventure through Kenya. His idea was to go for 6 months to help African orphans, to help build a school and to do as much as he could to improve the lives of those people. ‘’He’s gone mad’’, I immediately thought.
However, that thought lasted a short time in my head. His plan sounded like temporary madness, probably caused by the mixture of a hangover, the Mediterranean heat, a football match at 5pm and a few more drinks that same night. These variables gave little to no credibility and seriousness to the conversation we were having.
As if I didn’t know him. Not even a month later, we all met for dinner at an Italian restaurant to say goodbye to our friend. When I realized he was serious, I tried to convince him to forget about this crazy mission he was trying to carry out. I tried to explain how ridiculous it was to drop out of university for a semester when he was in the middle of his degree, how crazy it was for him to go alone to Kenya to help kids whilst risking his physical and psychological integrity. The ‘’madness’’ of not going out on a Thursday night in Madrid or not being able to go to the Pyrenees to ski in Christmas.
All of this was unthinkable for me, used to the security my home gives me. Of course, I never succeeded at convincing him. And it’s a good thing that I didn’t.
When he came back, something in him had changed. What he lived there would have made any other person never want to go back to the Black Continent. What would have made any other person lose their craving to help orphans in Kenya, made Alvaro need to go back. It was the reason his life and his way of seeing reality changed. Africa had turned into Alvaro’s destiny.
This is only one story of the many that changed the lives of the founders of Mas Por Ellos. Brave, prepared young people, with a bright future ahead of them, who have decided to turn their back on the dogmas of this society and create a true social enterprise, betting to change the world. At least, their world.
Madmen or heroes? For me, the latter. Heroes because they have proved that with Mas Por Ellos they are achieving their dreams.
I have no doubt that you will achieve all your goals, as long as you maintain the spirit. Keep fighting to make your dreams come true, and they will.
Thank you for this lesson on humility, perseverance and team work. A lesson that has just begun. And remember, ‘’dreams make your life, and you only live if you achieve your dreams’’.
I wish you all the best. "
We want to thank all the people that are supporting us so that Más Por Ellos turns out to be what we have in our heads!
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