Unleash Power For The People Foundation

About Dave is a response to why I wanted to start the Foundation and the motivation behind the movement..

The question is simple, the answer is more complex...

First, a little background on me... I have always been a "good" person that is optimistic by nature... I have been blessed with many experiences in my life and have learned that I have an ability to "sell" things that I am passionate about... One of those passions is following some simple "rules" that we all learn from the time we are little kids... Things like "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"... or "give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, TEACH a man to fish and he can eat for a lifetime"... I wake up every day with energy and passion to do things that I think are "right", and I believe that a person only has one reputation to live up to, and that is the exact one that he wants it to be...

I started Unleash Power For The People Foundation with an understanding of several things that I passionately believe in.

First and foremost, poverty on this planet is unneccessary and a shame... When I say poverty, I am talking "true poverty"... The people that you see quoted in the news that live on less than $1 a day... I have seen these people personally and recognized them as HUMAN BEINGS just like me... I feel they should have the chances that I have been blessed with and live their lives with simple things like food, clean water, and a job... These people have kids with the potential to smile, families that are knit together, and desires to be better in their daily life (just like all of us)... I believe that their is a major lack of understanding as to "how poor" these people are, I know that I was shocked to see people sleeping in boxes in a tree and still managing a warm smile when I shook their hand... I have adopted 2 childrean (Luke and Oliva) from South American countries and I found myself wanting to adopt thousands more when you see them in person...

Second, the environment is something that should be cherished and protected... We are bound by a few simple physical boundries on this planet and one of them is the use of energy and how it impacts the environment... There are theories out there about "peak oil" for instance that talk about how close we are to the MAXIMUM amount of oil that can be produced on a daily basis... We have fought wars over energy and every country wants to ensure a stable supply for the future for its citizens... If there was not a solution to the problem, then my belief is that those wars would get worse and the world would become an even less stable place... On top of that, we would also end up destroying ourselves by creating the problems that come about by polluting our air, oceans, and polar ice caps... Every person should want to live in a place that has clean water, clean air, and the least natural disasters possible.

I have broken down the solution of the complex issues and come up with what I think is the answers... It just so happens that the solution for one is also the solution for the other... And that solution is mass adoption of renewable energy on a global scale...  Wind, solar, sea, waste regeneration, etc... all are the solutions... They don't pollute and they provide a sustainable alternative to the carbon based society we live in...

On poverty I have traced back the true needs of the people that I describe above...

Simply put, I ask myself the questions "what if food was free and plentiful?" and "Would that end poverty?" ... I believe the answer is YES!  So how do we get there? 

Well, the reason that food costs what it does is because it can only be grown in areas of the earth that has FRESH water and soil capable of growing it...That lead to more questions, "is it possible to make plenty of FRESH water? and to make it for nearly free?"... I believe the answer is YES here too! So how do we get there?

Well, the reason that water costs what it does and is limited is because on 3% of the water on the earth is without salt... 97% of it is contained in the oceans, is readily available and can be had by ALL... That lead to another question, "Can you get the salt out of that water and do it without a major cost?"... I believe that answer is also YES!  How??? The answer is simple... FREE ENERGY TO DESALINATE THE WATER... Once you build the initial infrastructure (investment in the future), then ENERGY IS FREE *if it is from a renewable source such as the wind or the sun... So if we as a society invested in millions of plants that did nothing more than harvest the wind or sun then those plants could produce energy for many many many years for FREE...

If you build these plants and make the INITIAL INVESTMENTS then you will do several things:

1) help the environment by replacing oil and coal for energy needs and thus stop polluting

and 2) help the truly poor of the world by providing them with free energy, which will make water FRESH, which will make the land farmable, which will MAKE FOOD FREE AND PLENTIFUL!

Obviously, this is something that will take some time and years to happen... And I have no illusions that we as a Foundation can make these types of investments... But at the Micro-level we can EDUCATE people about the solution and spread the message of the solution amongst ourselves and through the modern communication means available today... Information travels much faster in the 21st century and we plan to EDUCATE as a group on the "big solution"...

Eventhough we can only impact the world as described above (on a macro-basis), that doesn't mean that we can't impact people's lives on the MICRO-basis... For every $20,000 we raise, we can truly help out about 50 of the people that I have described above in the beginning... We can do this by one simple deliverable, and that is by using our money raising capabilities to purchase a renewable power generator one community at a time... In the beginning we may only be able to help 50 people a month, but as our message spreads I believe that the concept will become VIRAL... In other words, while we may be new and small right now, the message is powerful.... As people start to 1) see how our donations actually help a community and 2) see how the word spread through the internet and by word of mouth, then I believe we have potential to be a million person organization that can help whole communities in the world at a time... On top of that, imagine the power behind all those people with an understanding of both poverty solutions and environmental solution due to their education!

We have only just begun.. In fact today marks the anniversary of our first month of operation.. We had 1 "supporter" 1 month ago, today we have 94!  We have finally received our 501c3 certification and can accept donations, but rather than ask people to contribute today or to think of getting more people to join, I decided what better way to celebrate the concept than to reflect on answering the question that Mike posed to me from above... It isn't about the money or the number of supporters to me, IT IS ABOUT MY TWO STATED MISSIONS!  If today passes and we don't get one donation or one new supporter but we EDUCATED each other as to the true goals, then I am one happy person!

So I hope you take the time today to reflect on the purpose...Don't send any emails or ask for others to join... Don't donate any money or ask others to contribute... JUST THINK OF WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IN THE TWO SIMPLE NEEDS AND WANT TO BE A PART OF A CAUSE THAT YOU CAN ADOPT AS YOUR OWN... IT ISN'T "MY" CHARITY, IT IS "OURS"...

I truly want to thank everyone that has taken the time to "enlist" their support for charity and for the efforts that have been made over the past month... I said in the beginning that I am a "good" person and "optimistic"... I believe that I am surrounded by people that have joined in their support to make this a "good" charity and an "optimistic" endeavor...

If you haven't seen the motivational video yet that is posted on the marketing site, I suggest you take the time to watch it... It is only 2 minutes long, but so true... http://www.areyoureadytochangetheworld.com/Marketing.html

Best wishes and happy anniversary to all and thank you once more for your "support"!

Dave