Read and listen to the online article again. Why are these numbers mentioned?
1. £22,000 2. $42,000 3. 1.5kg
CHANGING THE WORLD WITH KINDNESS
Sometimes a spontaneous act of kindness can change another person’s life. Read about these incredible people and their actions that helped to make the world a better place for someone else.
IN BRITAIN
Life can't be easy for musician Daniel Black. After a cycling accident in 2009, the doctors told him that he couldn’t walk or play the guitar. He had saved £22,000 for his intended expensive surgery when he heard about a young boy who also needed surgery to allow him to walk. Daniel told the boy's family that he would donate all his money to the boy’s surgery. The little boy was then able to walk again.
IN THE US
Glen James, an unemployed and homeless office worker, did something both honest and kind. The police said that he decided to return a bag with $ 42,000 in it to the owner. A man called Ethan Whittington read about Glen and started a campaign to collect money forhim. Ethan said that anamazing 160,000 was raised and Glen's life hasn't been the same since.
IN VIET NAM
In March 2020, Hoang Tuan Anh, a Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City invented a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice for the poor during the Covid 19 lockdown. The machine distributed a 1.5 kg (3.3lb) bagful of rice from a small silo. The team said that people in need still had access to food and resources during the pandemic.
These stories may persuade you that when you spread a little kindness, there may not be a personal benefit, but you could encourage people to be kind to you, too.
1. The number $22,000 is mentioned to indicate the amount Daniel Black had saved for his surgery before deciding to donate it to the young boy's surgery.
2. The 42,000 dollar figure refers to the amount Glen James returned to the owner, resulting in a portal battleground that netted him 160,000 dollars.)
3. The number 1.5 kg (3.3lb) is mentioned to indicate the bagful of rice the Hoang Tuan Anh‘s 24/7 automatic dispensing machine distributed from a small silo for the poor during the Covid-19 lockdown.