Growing up (and still), Natalie Pope was one of my best friends. And her dad was the one that took us to Southern Utah each Spring Break and Lake Powell every summer. He is the fun/crazy dad that built a human slingshot in his backyard (YouTube, Jay Leno, NitroCircus) and a cannon that shoots bowling balls.
But he's also a great humanitarian. He was featured in the Deseret News yesterday for all his efforts. As of January, he is retiring from his CEO position and moving to Kenya to be closer to the microcredit bank he started there. He's totally amazing and his work is absolutely worth looking into. Check it out at the links below:
http://www.yehu.org (a microcredit bank primarily for poor female entreprenuers)
http://www.basabody.com
http://www.coastcoconutfarms.co.ke
