# @richardamills on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLFgfIAOvRX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59741408-richardamills-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a8515adebf.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-06-19T14:41:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** richard mills (@richardamills) — https://gondola.cc/richardamills

## Caption

📬✨ “Do people still read letters?”
That’s what most people thought.
That’s what John was told.

He’s just 15. From a small school in Bankstown, Australia.
And yet… he set out to raise $10,000.
Not for himself.
But to build a library on the other side of the world. 📚🌍

How?
By writing letters.
Hundreds of them.
With no promise of a reply.
He got silence. He got rejection.
“No.”
“Not this time.”
“Maybe next year.”
But he didn’t stop. He didn’t fold.
Because purpose doesn’t need applause - it just needs persistence.

And then…
💥 One letter changed everything.

💌 One ‘yes’ rewrote the future.

🧒 This is the story of John Verilis.
One student. One project. One unshakable vision.
From a shipping container to a school library for children who have none.
This isn’t just a story.
It’s a movement.

📢 If you’ve ever felt like your voice is too small to matter - watch this.
📥 Save this reel for the days you feel like giving up.
📤 Share it with a young person who needs proof their dreams are valid.
🎯 Let’s build a generation that doesn’t wait to lead - it writes the future. One letter at a time.

#holisticeducation 
#StudentChangemaker #YouthForImpact #LettersThatMoveTheWorld #FundraisingForGood #YoungLeadersOfTomorrow #StudentInspiration #purposedrivenyouth #globaleducation 
#impactstory #changemaker #projectbasedlearning #nextgenleaders #smallstepsbigimpact #hopethrougheducation 
#libraryforall #lettersofhope #youthfundraising #socialimpact #purposeledlife #inspirationinaction 
#believeinyouth #powerofpersistence #buildthefuture #sharethechange

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## Tags

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