Ashoka, an association founded by Bill Drayton, has fought to end poverty (贫困) and sickness, promoted education and encouraged small businesses. To support these worthy _________, Ashoka provides money to solve urgent problems worldwide.

Drayton emphasizes the important thing is to simply give yourself _________. If you see a problem, you can help solve it. The young _________ are willing to _________ this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy, healthy and _________ adult. In fact, it is many young people’s _________ to set up programmes or businesses that improve social conditions. An excellent example is an Ashoka project started in 1995 in Dhaka, which effectively handled the _________ problem the city encountered, and provided an income for local farmers there.

When Masqsood and Iftekhar from Ashoka began to study the problem of all the uncollected rubbish that lay in Dhaka’s streets, _________ rats and disease, they discovered that 80% of it was natural waste. So they educated the poor there to _________ methods to compost (堆肥) this waste. They knew that they would have a __________ for the end product because local farmers were struggling with __________ chemical fertilisers (化肥). At first, they were __________, but once they were able to __________ them that there was money to be made, the project __________. In 2009 sales were $14,000.

Drayton is __________ that in ten years Ashoka will be making really serious, practical progress in bringing about social change by changing the way we look at economic development.

35 years ago, our son, Jared, was born visually-impaired. _______, I learned from Jared's teacher about Seedlings Braille Books for Children, an organization founded by Debra Bonde. Although she did not plan to _______ a nonprofit back in 1984, she _______ helping blind children all over the globe.

As a _______ woman, she initially wanted to find a volunteer job without having to talk to anyone. _______, she signed up for a braille transcription （转录）class and began _______popular children's books, printing them, and selling them for just the _______ of the paper. Word spread and   _______grew for more of her books. Friends helped her to form a nonprofit so she could start getting grants and _______ to help with production costs. That first year, she printed 221 books.

From its ________ beginnings 37 years ago, Seedlings has produced and ________ more than 600,000 books across the world, half of their books given away for free.

As a mother, I________ Seedlings providing “typical" experiences for Jared in school so he could check out books just like his ________ classmates.

Jared graduated from Michigan State University and ________ a telecommunications degree. Since 2012, he has   ________on the Board of Directors for Seedlings—making an impactful difference in the lives of children, the way Seedlings did for his.

Dan Morrison had been an experienced barber for a shop for years. He _______half a year ago because he wanted to do something meaningful. Later, on a busy _______in Philadelphia, with a chalkboard saying “Haircuts for the homeless”, he was _______free haircuts to any homeless person around Philadelphia.

Such a _______is sure to draw the attention of average passers-by. Sean Johnson was no _______. He was willing to give Dan a job since he was _______by Dan's spirit as well as his skill. Dan expressed his _______for Sean's offer. However, he said he had to _______because he didn't do this to get paid but just to _______the homeless.

The “Haircuts for the homeless” thing had always been on Sean's __________. A month later, he invited Dan to his new barbershop after __________Dan again who was giving haircuts on another street. Sean did something __________when they got inside—he gave Dan the __________, saying “You can use it __________till it's all done. It's yours now.”

“I __________the shop. You see many bad things in this city. When you see __________things, you just want to be a part of them,” Sean said. Dan saw this as an __________to do even further good for the homeless and accepted Sean's __________.

Tuesday through Sunday,   Dan's barbershop would be just a __________one, serving the paying customers. But every Monday would be set aside __________for providing haircuts for the homeless, still free of charge.