Re: full of feelings! A letter written by Zuckerberg to the young daughter
if you don't have a great school around you, it will provide you with education. If you don't have a doctor around you, it will provide health information about disease prevention and the birth of healthy children. If you don't have a bank around you, it will provide you with financial services. If your economic conditions are not optimistic, it will provide you with jobs and opportunities.
the Internet is so important: 1 out of every 10 people accessing the Internet get rid of poverty and at the same time a job is created.
but more than half of the world's population - more than 4 billion people - does not have access to the Internet.
If our generation can connect with them, we can help hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, and we can also help hundreds of millions of children get education. By helping people prevent diseases, we can also save millions of lives.
this long-term effort can also be promoted by technology and partnership. This will require the invention of new technologies to make the Internet cheaper and enable unconnected areas to join the Internet. This will require partnerships with the government, non-profit organizations and companies. This will require close contact with the community to understand what they really need. Good people have different views on the best way to come. We will try a lot before success.
but together, we will succeed and create a more equal world.
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technology will not solve its own problems. Building a better world starts with building stronger and healthier communities.
when children can learn, children have the best chance, and good health can enable children to learn better.
health starts with loving families, good nutrition and safe and stable environment.
early childhood trauma experiences often affect their physical and mental health. Studies have shown that physical changes in the brain can lead to lower cognitive abilities.
your mother is a doctor and educator. She noticed this very early.
if your childhood is not healthy, then it is difficult for you to fully realize your potential.
if you have to worry about food and rent, or worry about abuse and crime, it is hard for you to fully realize your potential.
if you worry about getting into prison rather than college because of your skin color, if you worry that your family will be repatriated because of legal status, or you may be a victim of violence because of your own religious beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity, it's hard to fully realize your potential.
these issues are interrelated, and we need mechanisms that can understand this situation. This is exactly what your mother is building a new school concept.
through partnerships with schools, health centers, parents' groups and local governments, we can begin to deal with these interrelated inequalities by ensuring that all children are well taken care of and care from the beginning. Only in this way can we provide equal opportunities for everyone.
the full development of this model may take many years. This is another example of the close connection between the two topics of expanding human potential and promoting equality. If we want any of them, we must first build an inclusive healthy community.
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in order to make your generation live in a better world, there are still too many things to do for our generation.
today, your mother and I are committed to doing a small part of our work to meet these challenges. I will continue to be the CEO of Facebook for many years to come. But these topics are too important to wait until you are bigger. And when we were young, we wanted to see the benefits of this decision in our lifetime.
as you become the next generation of the Chen Zuckerberg family, we also launched the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (Chan Zuckerberg) to aggregate the power of people all over the world and promote equality for all the next generation of children to expand human potential. Our projects focus on personalized learning, disease healing, connecting people and building strong communities.
in the rest of my life, I will donate 99% of Facebook shares - now worth about $45 billion - to advance this mission. We know that this is only a small donation compared with the resources and talents that have been cultivated in this field. But we want to work with others to do what we can do.
over the next few months, we will share more details after we get into the new family rhythm and recover from maternity leave. We understand that you have many questions about why we do this and how to do it.
in our parenthood, life has opened up a new page. For all those who make it possible, we want to express our deep gratitude.
we can do this simply because there are strong global communities behind us. The creation of Facebook has created resources for the improvement of the next generation of the world. Every member of the Facebook community plays a role in this work.
stands on the shoulders of experts - our mentors, partners, and trustworthy people who contribute to these fields, we can make progress.
we only need to concentrate on serving the community and mission, because we are all loving families, help friends and great colleagues. We hope that you will have this deep and inspiring relationship in your life.
Max, we love you, and we have a strong sense of responsibility to make you and all the children live in a better place. We want your life to be full of love, hope and pleasure, just like what you bring to us. We can't wait to see the beauty you bring to the world.
love you,
mom and Dad