Timeline:
November 7, 1986- She was born in Mendham Borough, New Jersey.
2000-2004- She attended West Morris Mendham High School.
2005- She had her first visit to Nepal.
2007- She founded the Blinknow Foundation.
2010- The Kopila Valley School opened.
2015- She was awarded the CNN Hero of the Year award.
August 2019- Meghan and Harry recognized the Blinknow organization on their instagram account and gave them much recognition.
Biographical Paragraph:
Maggie Doyne has been an essential part of many impoverished community's including Nepal. Maggie began her life in Mendham Borough, New Jersey, where she attended West Morris Mendham High School. Soon after High School, she had made the bold decision to take a gap year to began a new journey with the organization LeapNow. Throughout the year, she spent a vast amount of time in a childrens home in northern India. While there, she had created many friendships including a refugee from Nepal, during a cease-fire in the Nepalese Civil War, she traveled with her to visit her home village. Nepal touched her heart in a vast amount of ways, Maggie met six-year-old Hima, who was barely surviving on the few rupees she earned by breaking stones in a dry riverbed and selling them. She was the reason Hima was able to attend school, paying for her tuition, uniform, and books, and expanded her efforts to help more children, after she saw the difference it made in her life. She recognized by CNN when she received the CNN Hero of the Year award in 2015. This is a television special created by CNN to honor individuals who make extraordinary contributions to humanitarian aid and make a difference in their communities. Maggie was bestowed with one hundred thousand dollars, to build her dream school for impoverished children. She was also generously rewarded when Megan and Prince Harry, the royal sussex's gave the organization a special shout out on their instagram account, giving Blinknow much recognition. Effecting each and every child that has entered the Kopila School in Nepal, Maggie is still trying to do more for this community to create the world that she desires to live in.
This means if everyone believes that they can do something, they can certainly make a difference in the world. You won't succeed in doing something if you don't believe you can do it and believe in yourself.
This means that if we are not happy with the world we live in and what we see around us, we can change it. We have the power and capability to make the world a place we want to live or be in, and if you want the world to be different and better, make that change.
This means that the path to peace and equal treatment and success is paved by education and learning. This program and others like this, are changing the lives of other children that may not have basic necessities and are allowing them to possess a successful future.