“No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.” —Althea Gibson

It’s 12 : 58 PM on day 1573 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to  brush my teeth,  pray,  read Isaiah 58, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing – did you know that lions may sleep up to 20 hours a day –  promote my Educate Generations campaign–  Meg Guegan who has donated once before donated $20 yesterday  (thank you Meg your ongoing support means a lot to me  – which brings my total raised to $1 335  only $1 165 more to raise to reach goal  – feed myself egg curry with bread for breakfast and go visiting.

Today marks the three month anniversary of my Educate Generations campaign benefiting the Malala Fund so far thirty people (including me) have made thirty-five donations totaling $1 335  I continue to be grateful for and humbled by the world’s support. Thank you Juliet Parrott-Merrell and Ann Blackburn-Pann, Nancy Scott, Meg Guegan, Ellen Seidman, Madalina Cristea, Bruce Sallan, Catherine Cook, Stan Faryna, Clare Donaldson, Barbara Royce, Duane Dell’Oca, Priya Thomas, Susan Mazza, Justina Valentine, Simon Magid, Emma Lambert, Sylvia Phillips, Nan Marvell, Nisa Thomas, Laurieann Janssens, Vincent Ang, Sarah Britten, Francoise Van Rheede and everyone else who chose to donate anonymously for your generous donations. Thank you Gaynor Young, Emma Lambert, Bruce Sallan, Stan Faryna, Marianne Tarkusep, Kelly Hengler,  Ashlyn Singh,  Cazanne’Z, Justina Valentine,  Chris Teller, Juliet Parrott-Merrell, Priya Buldeo, Alex Forshaw, Caryn Gootkin,Peter Herring, Simon Magid, Laurieann Janssens, @DoubleMartini, @itsanidealworld, Michael Carr, Diana Russo  and everybody else for helping spread the word about this campaign. ‏

[Update October 3 2015: Campaign over. Final total raised is $5 285]