  as i said in a urlLink previous entry , the job of 'my personal hero' is one that has a very high turnover rate. just when i think i've permanently filled the position, that maybe its time to withdraw the ad from the personals column, someone comes along who for one reason or another seems more qualified than the last.
and so it goes. today my hero is urlLink ryan hreljac . a 13 year old boy from canada who has raised over $800,000 to supply clean water to the African nations of uganda, zimbabwe, kenya, malawi, tanzania and nigeria. at the age of 6 ryan decided to raise $70 by doing extra chores, to build a well for a community in uganda after his teacher spoke to his class about how some children in the world don't have clean water.
upon realisation that this amount just wouldn't cut it, ryan determined to raise the $2,000 it was estimated he would need. by the age of 9 he had single-handedly raised over $70,000, and had visited the angolo public school, uganda, the site of his first well. ryan's mission is to supply clean water to the people of the world, and to inspire others to work hard to make the world a better place. i am truly inspired. 
