Each Thursday we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place. Aliya de Grazia just returned to the United States after spending six months volunteering in the village of Mulot, Kenya. And now she plans to go back next year. She’s started an organization, Small Planet, Big Plans, to help bring clean water to the village of  Mulot.  A year ago Aliya had no idea that any of this would have happened. She was a senior at Stephenson High School and was excited about being accepted into an honors anthropology program at Purdue University. But, she says, something just wasn’t right.  

You can read about Aliya’s experience in Kenya on her blog.