Julia Alden, an experienced and passionate philanthropist whose background includes international education and administration, highlights the importance of investing ones time in others and the positive impact of the African Children's Choir.

1. INVESTING
IN
HAPPINESS
JULIA ALDEN PRESENTS
HAPPINESS IS NEVER A ONE-WAY
STREET. FOR THE MORE WE INVEST IN
IT, THE MORE WE GET IN RETURN

2. You derive
happiness
from what
you have--
and then you
derive
happiness
from what
you give. Abraham Kiyingi, tour director
of the 42nd African Children's
Choir

3. When it comes to happiness, the western world has it wrong
new cars
luxurious
GOODS
GIANTHOMES

4. NEW!
SINGLEFLEETING
MOMENT
Perhaps for a
PURCHASING A DESIGNER DRESS OR FLAT SCREEN TV BRINGS US SOME JOY,
BUT IT WON'T LAST....

5. BECAUSE
HAPPINESS IS
BORN
FROM WANT
WANT SADNESS
&

6. ACADEMIC STUDIES ARE
SUGGESTING
THAT FILLING OUR HOMES, CLOSETS, AND LIVES WITH "STUFF"
WON'T MAKE US OVERALL HAPPIER PEOPLE

7. So if we can't find happiness
D
O
W
N
T
H
E
A
I
S
L
E
S
of our favorite stores,
then where
CAN WE?

8. In Others

9. VALUING THE
INVALUABLE-
PEOPLE
INVESTING IN HAPPINESS MEANS
BOTH LOVED
ONES &
STRANGERS

10. THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Named VOLUNTEERING as one of the
NINE WAYS
TO INVEST IN HAPPINESS

11. VOLUNTEERING
has the ability to not only make an individual feel valuable
but also helps them to realize the world can be a better place

12. Over thirty years ago
Canadian humanitarian Ray Barnett decided to invest in
happiness, namely, the happiness of others. He was on a
service trip to war-torn Uganda where he met a young
boy seeking safe shelter in a nearby village. Burnett
agreed to give this boy a ride, and during their journey,
the boy sang.

13. FOUNDER OF THE AFRICAN CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Ray Barnett
When I went back to
Canada and people
were not very
interested in
Uganda, I
remembered this
small boy. I know
that if only a group
of these beautiful
children could go to
the West, people
would be deeply
moved and would
certainly want to
help

14. TheAfrican
Children'sChoir

15. The Choir tours the West,
inspiring audiences with their
songs, their stories, and their
sheer, pure happiness. It’s a pretty
jarring moment, especially for
materialistic Westerners, to watch
these joyful children sing and
dance knowing they come from
underserved, impoverished
villages, many of them without
one or both parents.

16. The funds raised from the choir’s tours have gone towards
constructing multiple Children’s Homes, Literacy Schools, as
well as developing a sponsorship arm in which educational
needs of the choir children could continue throughout their
academic careers.

17. To learn more,
VISIThttp://juliaalden.co.uk