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Nearly 385 million children live in extreme poverty, according to a joint UNICEF study.
In the United States there are between 1.7 and 1.9 million homeless youth and children.
In Mexico, it is estimated that 29,000 children and adolescents live in orphanages or shelters.
Social networks have become the best tool for people to tell their stories. This is the case of an Amazon executive who has gone viral for revealing that he spent the first 11 years of his life living on the streets of New York.
Without a doubt, the stories of overcoming can become the most viewed and followed by people in the world, and more so when important personalities from the industry are in that story.
Given this, the world of the internet has continued to grow without stopping, where a report by We Are Social and Hootsuiterevealed that there are currently 4.62 billion network users worldwide, representing a year-on-year growth of more than 10 percent.
This figure shows why it is becoming more and more normal for some type of information to go viral in these media, where people see stories or news that they consider relevant as attractive.
The story of the Amazon executive
One of the brands that is currently very powerful throughout the world is Amazon, so any information that comes up that involves the name of the company founded by Jeff Bezos can become relevant.
It is the case of a high-level e-commerce firm executive demonstrating the “American Dream” after telling her story in an essay for Newsweek magazine.
Amazon’s head of external affairs, David Ambrose42, opened up about her turbulent childhood, revealing that she spent the first 11 years of her life living on the streets of New York City.
The executive mentioned that he grew up begging in the Big Apple with his “mentally ill” mother and two brothers before his wife adopted him and began an incredible rise to the top that led him to be a leader in Amazon.
“It was brutal. We slept in public spaces, hostels and churches that welcomed us. These stays were too infrequent and we always found ourselves homeless again”, recalled the businessman.
Also, Ambroz revealed that “She bathed in fast-food restrooms. She felt that New Yorkers were indifferent to her suffering.”
“He was starving, dirty and covered in lice. But I knew, even then, that he would get out of this state”, holds.
With these statements, the executive showed a sad and unfortunate reality in the United States, where there are millions of children who are currently homeless. Despite being one of the richest nations in the world, the United States still struggles with high levels of poverty, especially among children and youth, where humanium data They point out that there are between 1.7 and 1.9 million young people and children without a roof over their heads.
Ambroz’s story, which also made it to the book “A Place Called Home“He won over people who have left millions of comments on his Instagram account.
“Very moving: I just read a newspaper article (in London, and of course I will read the book too) and you are amazing. What hope you will bring to many, all the strength for you”, says one of the comments.
“Phenomenal, exciting, sincere, inspiring. I hope it brings about the change you want to see in the world,” reads another comment.
“Your story moved me. I hope to foster and adopt one day. I never ignore the homeless people on the streets of New York because I never know their story.” read in another comment.
Social networks and the digital world have gained ground in recent years, as they help people learn about these types of stories that end up inspiring.
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