Showing Empathy When he was 6 years old, Canadian Ryan Hreljac began collecting money to build a well that would provide Ugandan villagers with clean drinking water. His original fundraising drive has evolved into a foundation that has built more than 700 wells in 16 countries. Here he is shown with Environment Minister Rona Ambrose at a conference in Mexico in 2006. What role would empathy play in Ryan’s decision to become involved with such projects?
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