“I first visited WEGO’s office when I was in high school.

I heard my dad ask Marc, WEGO’s founder, why he declined an offer from a group of donors to cover a nicer place for him to live near the water. His reply has stayed with me for 25 years:

‘I can fund an entire orphanage for the price of that rent.’

All these years later, we are still sending every possible dollar to the people who need it most. Why? The needs are just too great, and these kids are just too awesome to waste our donors’ kindness on bloated U.S. budgets or fancy overhead.

We’ve even given up that office because we can fund an entire orphanage for the price of that rent, too.”