I also published this story on Medium and Website to invite all interested writers and readers to this altruistic activity. Let’s make 2025 a better year for all of us by supporting disadvantaged people and lowering the pain, hunger, frustration, and unnecessary suffering on Earth. Your words and actions matter no matter how small they can be. The attached audio file was prepared by our media coordinator using Google’s Notebook for education. Please feel free to download and share it. Aiden has also created a YouTube video, which I linked to the end of this post.
Ripple Effect 2025: Child Sponsorship Initiative by ILLUMINATION Community
Dear members, I trust this post finds you well. 🙏After a beautiful lucid dream, a deep compassion meditation, and an empty stomach as part of my annual fasting practice, which makes me more compassionate for people suffering from severe and involunteer hunger, I decided to write this short story to inspire my readers and fellow writers to make a difference in 2025.
Recently, I wrote a story about our divided world, comparing The Centibillionaires and the Forgotten Billions. Although it didn’t reach my audience on Medium, many readers found it through my blogs and newsletters, which inspired me to create more awareness of this issue and increase global collaboration.
As I pointed out in the story, billions worldwide wake up to a harsh reality. While a small group of wealthy people— centibillionaires — enjoy the luxury of fortunes surpassing $100 billion, many cannot afford basic necessities like water, food, or shelter at the bottom part of the Maslow hierarchy.
I want to highlight that currently, in sub-Saharan Africa alone, over 250 million people face hunger daily. Children die from malnutrition, and parents are forced to make impossible choices between feeding their families or paying for medicine. This bleeds my heart and the hearts of millions of compassionate people.
While the world’s richest people, like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault, spend billions on personal ventures and luxury, according to the World Bank Group, 8.5 percent of the global population — almost 700 million people — live today on less than $2.15 per day.
The extreme poverty line has a sharp increase in low-income countries despite increased wealth in Western countries like the United States, having the highest numbers of Centibillionaires. Three-quarters of all people in extreme poverty live in Sub-Saharan Africa or in fragile and conflict-affected countries.
A Glimpse into My Personal Sponsorship Activities
Last year, I wrote a heartfelt story titled Soulful Connections: Finding Meaning in Mammadou’s Childhood Letters. Many readers who read the story gained inspiration and some of them sponsored poor children from economically challenged countries.
They shared their joy with photos and sample letters with me which warmed my heart. So our stories can make an impact on our readers. Therefore, I invite writers to write these types of stories in 2025 and inspire their readers.
I also invite all readers who can afford to consider sponsoring a child in 2025 and share experiences in short stories, blogs, or social media posts to inspire more readers and make a ripple effect.
Here is the summary of my plan for 2025.
Firstly, by taking personal responsibility, I will donate all income from my new book, Cortisol Clarity, to be published on 1 January 2025, to child sponsorship activities as inspired by my wife. She said this will be a good start in 2025 to make a tangible impact on lowering poverty.
Secondly, I will create a writing prompt on this platform, encouraging the contributors of my publications to write about their experiences. I will create a curated collection for it and distribute it to our subscribers on other platforms like Substack.
Thirdly, I will compile my memoirs related to child sponsorship activities, which will be part of my upcoming autobiography after March 2025. I believe this personal account will inspire many parents to sponsor children and make an impact in reducing poverty, adding more equality, and making the world a better place to live.
As my website’s community blogs are now open to guest bloggers, I invited all writers to share their experiences related to this activity and send a blog post. I will compile them and get the collection to be boosted by WordPress Blaze.
Child sponsorship is a social engine that impacts families and communities and creates a better world. As I reflect on my joyful journey, I recall Mammadou’s letters to his younger self — plain, optimistic, grateful letters, words that spurred me to do more.
Such experiences remind us that modest action can bring about much more than meets the eye, influencing future generations through access to education, healthcare, and basic needs. Stories like these link us, reminding us that compassion doesn’t limit itself.
Here’s What Else You Could Do
If you are a reader interested in sponsoring, I suggest you research credible charities like World Vision, Save the Children, or Compassion International, which provide transparency and accountability.
If direct sponsorship is too overwhelming for your financial situation, you can also do your part by sharing inspirational stories on social media, hosting a conversation in your community, or even donating your time to help bring these campaigns to life. Remember, every step, even the smallest step, is a step toward a greater wave of hope and equality.
In 2025, I want to bring writers, readers, and communities together in the fight against extreme poverty. In addition to stories, I want to create global dialogue around the systemic reasons why millions remain poor and how we can collaborate to solve them.
Whether you are a creative storyteller, an avid reader who cares, a wealthy person with a golden heart, or a community builder to inspire others, this campaign will provide you with the possibility to engage deeply and create a legacy of impact.
Writing Prompt in 2025: “Ripples of Hope: Stories of Impact through Child Sponsorship”
Now, as a creative writer, think of how one small gesture can transform a child’s life. Consider the multiplier effect — getting an education, medical care, or a meal on the table can change not only the child but their family and community. Now, let this dream become a reality.
In your story:
Consider the impact of kindness and benevolence. How does sponsoring a child capture these ideals when millions of people live in the deepest poverty?
Send to one of my publications a well-crafted story about your connection, experience, or goal in child sponsorship. If you sponsored a child, tell your readers about the experience, the letters, or the satisfaction of seeing them blossom.
Explore the broader impact.
How do small acts by ordinary individuals bring hope, equality, and transformation to the world?
If you write with a personal passion or a research lens, make it about making your readers do something. Use descriptive stories, emotional scenes, and practical lessons to demonstrate how just a single gesture can change the world.
Challenge: Close your stories with a mission statement that gets others to take action. How would you make them want to sponsor a child or tell their own hopeful story?
Tag your article with #RippleEffect2025 to join the fray and help bring this message to the forefront in the digital space. I hope Medium amplifies such stories in 2025 as platforms also play a role in these types of authentic community activities.
Here is a sample story created by
, who sponsors multiple children himself, including his adult kids.Let’s Build a Better World Through Child Sponsorship
I Invite You to Build a Legacy of Hope Todaymedium.com
Here’s Dr Broadly’s new story as a great example for this writing challenge on Medium.com.
Some People Are So Rich That They Burn Money, But There Are Better Ways to Spend It
Let’s collectively begin the journey together and demonstrate how love ❤️spreads and changes the world for a better and brighter tomorrow.
Are you ready to be part of this compassionate initiative? If so, please leave a comment to inspire more writers and readers to join it.
Remember, the more you give, the more you receive, as advised by my wise grandmother in my childhood. Her wisdom made me healthy, happy, and wealthy.
I look forward to publishing and promoting such stories in my 15 publications on Medium.com. ILLUMINATION is designed to illuminate society. Let’s use it for this purpose in 2025.
I will organize many more activities using the community power of ILLUMINATION Integrated publications on Medium, Substack, and tailored social media platforms in 2025.
Happy festive season, my dear readers, friends, fellow writers, and volunteer editors ❄️Let your creative energies find purposeful goals in 2025 to make the world a better place to live in.
Many thanks to our editor and media coordinator,
, for creating a beautiful video and interactive podcast using Google Notebook education tool. As a creator, please feel free to submit such videos to the ILLUMINATION YouTube Channel to enrich the #RippleEffect2025 initiative.Thank you for reading my perspectives. I wish you a healthy and happy life.
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