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Wisdom into Action, Love into Misfortune | Chung TO | TEDxCEIBS

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Chung To shared his inspirational journey that took him from the banks of Wall Street to rural China, where in 2002 he established a foundation to care for orphans who had lost their families due to aids. “China is like a bullet train, but it’s going so fast that many people cannot get aboard. I like to think that through Chi Heng Foundation we are pulling people onto the train,” said To. His foundation, since inception, has gone on to support over 22,000 students, with 4,000 attending university.  - Named as one of the Top-10 Figures Inspiring Chinamost in 2005
- Awarded World Top Ten Outstanding Young Person in 2016
- Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award (The award is honored as Nobel Prize in Asia)
- Awarded the first Hong Kong Humanitarian Award in 2007
- Awarded BNP Paribas Philanthropy Awards in 2009

Born in Hong Kong in 1967, Chung TO immigrated to the United States with his parents after graduating from secondary school. He was admitted to Harvard University Asia Center to pursue a master’s degree after graduation from Columbia University. He served as Co-director of a bank in Switzerland at the age of 27 and was appointed Vice President of a bank in France at the age of 29. It was once his dream to be the most outstanding banker in Wall Street.

However, he made a life-changing decision in 2012. He turned from Wall Street to the AIDS village and from a banker to a “father” of 20,000 children. Over the past sixteen years, the total amount of bailout raised by the Chi Heng Foundation has reached RMB200 million and the number of people who have received funding from Chi Heng Foundation has exceeded 20,000, covering more than 200 villages in Henan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong province and other areas. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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