Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

Journey of Gratitude

On this page you’ll find a powerful storytelling journey that spotlights social entrepreneurs who are changing the lives of children and youth around the world. Introduction videos from our team, video spotlights of Gratitude Fellows, and travel vlog from Founder & Chairman Randy Haykin, as he makes his way across the globe.

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ITINERARY

📍TRIP – LEG #1 – October 24 to Nov 23, 2025

Itinerary: 31 days, Southeast Asia
Taipei, Taiwan
- Rotary Taipei – AI presentation
Thailand – Chiang Mai
- Fellow: Jojo’s Sanctuary
- Rotary Chiang Mai Club visit
Thailand – Bangkok
- Rotary Club visit
Vietnam – Hanoi
- Fellow: Better Life Vietnam
Cambodia – visit to Angkor Wat
Indonesia (Sumatra) – Takengon
- Fellow: Give Light
Indonesia (Sumatra) – Medan
- Rotary Club Medan dinner
Philippines – Manila-
- Fellow: AHA Learning
- Rotary talk on AI & Leadership

📍TRIP LEG #2 – February 8 to March 7 2026

Itinerary: 30days – India & Nepal
Dehli, India
- Gratitude Mini Summit (Feb. 20, Delhi)
- Fellow: Manzil Mystics
- Fellow: Learning Initiatives for India
- Fellow: Lakshya Jeevan Jagriti
Bengaluru, India
- Fellow: Megshala
- Fellow: U&I
- Fellow: ValEd
- Rotary Bangalore – AI & Leadership Talk

📍 TRIP LEG #3 – July to Aug 2026
Itinerary: North America
- Los Angeles – Fellow: School on Wheels
- San Francisco – Fellow: Project Commotion
- New York City
  - Fellow: MindLeaps
  - Fellow: Riley’s Way

📍 TRIP LEG #4 – Aug. 23 to Sept. 23 2026

Itinerary: East Africa
Kenya
- Fellow: Start A Library Trust
- Fellow: Emerging Leaders Foundation Africa
- Fellow: Vijana Amani Pamoja
- Fellow: Lapid Leaders
Rwanda
- Fellow: Hope of Family
- Fellow: Girls Tech Ventures
- Fellow: MindLeaps
Madagascar
- Fellow: Projet Jeune Leader
- Fellow: Omena

Gratitude Fellows’ Journeys (profiles)

Evelyne Mwandia’s Journey of Gratitude | Start a Library Trust, Nairobi, Kenya

Growing up as the eighth-born in a family of 13 children and becoming a young mother at 17, Evelyne’s educational journey was fraught with low self-esteem and barriers. Finding her ...way to a university library changed everything: a librarian handed her basic sound books, sparking a lifeline that transformed her confidence and inspired her life's work.

In this episode of Journey of Gratitude, Evelyne Mwandia, Executive Director and Founder of Start a Library Trust, opens up about building a future where every child has the foundational tools to read, learn, and break the cycle of poverty in Kenya.

Today, Start a Library Trust tackles a staggering reality—where half of Kenyan children graduate primary school unable to read with comprehension—by establishing school and home libraries, training educators, and empowering young learners to read for pleasure. What began in 2012 as an employee passion initiative has grown into an organization reaching 1.5 million children across Kenya with 326 libraries established. Since completing her Gratitude Network Fellowship in 2023, Evelyne has built a solid organizational foundation and set sights on a bold vision: scaling foundational learning directly with the government.

It’s a story about personal transformation, the power of literacy, and what happens when you turn past hardships into a movement to pay it forward.

Watch the full story and join the Journey of Gratitude.

Learn more and support the work:
Gratitude Network: https://gratitudenetwork.org/journey
Start a Library Trust: https://startalibrary.org/

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Evelyne Mwandia’s Journey of Gratitude | Start a Library Trust, Nairobi, Kenya

Growing up as the eighth-born in a family of 13 children and becoming ...

Enouce Ndeche’s Journey of Gratitude | Vijana Amani Pamoja, Nairobi, Kenya

From a small barber shop in the slums to transforming thousands of ...

Susan Osterhoff's Journey of Gratitude | Project Commotion, California, United States

In this episode of Journey of Gratitude, Susan Osterhoff, Co-Founder ...

Esther Mwaniki's Journey of Gratitude | Lapid Leaders Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

By 2050, one in four people in the world will be African. So what are ...

Rebecca Davis' Journey of Gratitude | MindLeaps, United States & Africa

Rebecca Davis grew up in Vancouver with two things she loved: school ...

Adamaka Ajaelo's Journey of Gratitude | Self-eSTEM, California, United States

Every young girl who codes her first program is rewriting who gets to ...

Jyoti Thyagarajan’s Journey of Gratitude

She was the only girl in an all-boys college studying high energy ...

Christine O'Connell's Journey of Gratitude | Riley’s Way Foundation | New York, United States

What if kindness was the foundation of leadership? In this episode of ...

Ajit Sivaram's Journey of Gratitude | U&I, Bangalore, India

Growing up in Bangalore in the '80s and '90s, choosing a path outside ...

Charles Evan's Journey of Gratitude | School on Wheels, California, United States

Behind every statistic is a child with a dream. In this episode of ...

Samyak Jain's Journey of Gratitude | INVOLVE Learning Solutions Foundation, Bangalore, India

From a small town in Bihar to impacting over a million young lives ...

Mayank Solanki's Journey of Gratitude | Val-Ed Initiatives, Banglore, India

From a 9-year-old torch bearer in rural healthcare camps to the ...

Videos from Randy’s Journey

Gratitude Small & Big | Siem Reap, Cambodia

In this next chapter of Journey of Gratitude, Randy arrives in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Guided by local social media storyteller Haklao, he explores Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, as Haklao ...shares how the region’s history reflects the coexistence of Hinduism and Buddhism, and how respect for elders remains deeply rooted in everyday life.

Between towering stone temples and shared personal stories, gratitude emerges in both the big moments and the small — carried forward through wisdom, faith, and human connection.

Follow the Journey of Gratitude.

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