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Whilst many of our donations are given without restriction, we do understand that when making a special gift, there are times when you might prefer to direct your gift to a particular purpose or project. If there is something particular you have in mind for your donation, please do get in touch with the Development team via the contact page. If you are looking for ideas, here are a few to consider:
PEACE
Among the many and varied attempts to promote this long-cherished wish of Peace by generations and generations of human beings in history, we have found the A Strategy of Peace Speech by JF Kennedy in 1963 to be the most inspiring and illuminating in terms of guiding our endeavour.
Made in the American University just a few months from the end of the Cuban Crisis, we see this Speech as a sincere and well-thought initiative made by this youngest President in American history to try kick-starting an executable action plan to address the issue of World Peace and the Speech has probably succeeded in touching Krushchev. In retrospect, it was a very cruel and regrettable twist of fate that JF Kennedy was assassinated less than 6 months after the Speech. But the goodwill and wisdoms of him remain and we wish we can do something to facilitate his vision and mission regarding world peace to keep carrying on.
WEALTH
In retrospect, the first intellectual breakthrough in human beings’ understanding about the concept of Wealth was made by Adam Smith in 1776 who famously declared that “A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but is enriched by the economic prosperity of its people..” And to Smith, Economics is really “A Science of Wealth.”
Subsequently, another major breakthrough was made by Irving Fisher in the 1930s when he highlighted the distinction between the Stock and Flow dimensions of Wealth and the inner psychic foundations of income and wealth. However, on deeper reflections, Adam Smith’s thesis that Happiness has 3 essential components – Material Provision; Social Engagement and the Tranquility that come from Acting Virtuously – may well illustrate that he is not unawared of these distinctions. In any case, from the insights of these past masters and some of the greatest Value Investors in history, we have derived our thesis of seeing Wealth as having 3 layerswhich shall guide our endeavours related to the pursuit of Wealth.
HOPE
Among the many things in life, Hope is probably among most important in that without which, it would be difficult for lives to go on and for men and women to bear and face many unbearable things in lives. But other than being necessary in individual lives, there is one dimension of Hope which is worth bearing in mind regarding its role in the development of the humanities. With social phenomena being often the unintended consequences of intentional human actions, it is conceivable that hope can have self-fulfilling tendencies at the social level.
And such dimension appears to be well-captured in Robert Kennedy’s Ripple of Hope Speech in 1966. We believe that this could potentially unleash a much much greater power than most have imagined and it is with also this in mind that we pursuit our Campaign.
Let us Begin
Our mission is to kick-start the first “single-step” of five journeys, each of which shall involve several thousand miles and each of which we trust should have positive contribution to make for the Betterment of Humanities.
Central and fundamental to our belief and endeavour is Adam Smith’s insight that mankind is at once both a self-interest oriented speice and a “social creature” capable of “virtue” so that when certain members of the society can provide the goodwill to kick-start he first initiative, it will likely be able to catch the attention of the “invisible hand” eventually which would then help to bring in the help from other members of the society so that when combined together, that could help to “convert the private interests and passions” of them into “a better society for all,” probably without any need that any of them knowing or intending for anything about the consequences of their varied and diverse human actions.
We seek to illustrate that the above of what Adam Smith has thought to be conceivable is actually still realistic and achievable in today’s world which in turn could help to stimulate others to embark on endeavours of similar nature, thus kick-starting what we would describe as a self-sustaining and snowballing Virtuous Cycle.
Given the pioneering and experimental nature of our endeavour and all the constraints in life, we have found that what we want to be able to do are far beyond the capability of us alone. We therefore would like to seek for the support and participation of all our fellow individual, corporate and other citizens of the world so that our experiments and endeavours can continue to carry on; and that we would be able to continue to fine-tune and improve them along the way. That, too, perhaps could make the journeys of life of both ourselves and those who join with us becoming somewhat more interesting and fulfilling.
And based on the OxsightHumanities paradigm on Philanthropy which is inspired by the thoughts of Adam Smith, what generates the most profound and lasting impact over time, perhaps, is the very act of “beneficence” itself from a growing number of free and autonomous individuals and entities from a growing number of places in the world more than anything else.
So, Let us Begin.