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ColaLife

So I'm on a run tonight in Valley Forge Park.  I decide to listen to a random podcast while I run.  I learned during this podcast of this thing called ColaLife.  I had no idea such a thing even existed.  It's pretty amazing to say the least.

Read this to learn all about it from the official site: http://www.colalife.org/about/colalife-about/

Here's an article from 2013 on the NY Times: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/making-medicine-as-easy-to-get-as-a-can-of-coke/?_r=0

Here's the little intro blurb about it from Wikipedia...

ColaLife is an independent non-profit organisation, that became a registered charity on 21 June 2011 (charity number 1142516). ColaLife is working to leverage the distribution network of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) to get simple medicines, such as rehydration salts, and information on how to use them, to the most remote areas in developing countries.

WOW!  This is an AWESOME organization to say the least.  Seriously this is the first time I've ever even heard about it and I'm super fascinated by it.  I love that something like this came into existence.  It's just such a really innovative way to help battle such a devistating problem facing developing countries.  Obviously I don't love that the problem exists in the first place and I wish it didn't.  But at least there's an answer, a solution to a very big problem.

I was so taken with it that I decided to share.  I love solving problems and I love creativity and I love helping those that aren't as well off... this combines all three.  The world needs more innovative ways like this to help solve the problems we all face.