DailyGood

For the last 27 years, DailyGood newsletters have offered a daily email that inspires you to respond to life with creativity and kindness. To join a community of 148,371 subscribers, subscribe here.

Apr 19, 2005

"Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Surf Aid

Four years ago, physician and surfer Dr. Dave Jenkins chartered a luxury yacht in the Mentawai Islands with one goal in mind: to find perfect waves. What he also found, though, were the Mentawai islanders---mostly women and children-–-suffering and dying from the ravages of malaria and other preventable diseases. In response, Dr. Jenkins establish SurfAid International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through community-based health programs in 13 villages providing care for over 13,000 people.