Facts: Kenneth Lam, a senior in business administration and Mike Giancola, director CSLEPS traveled to Port au Prince, Haiti with a Raleigh based nonprofit organization, Together We Can Inc. They initiated a project, Wolfpack Class of 2026, that promises to commit $300 each year to 10 three-year-old students up through their university education.

Our Opinion: We as students need to learn from the example of Kenneth Lam, who has contributed to a better future for people in Haiti. We should be passionate about a cause that we support and contribute to it.

Three weeks ago, Kenneth Lam, a senior in business administration, went to Haiti with Mike Giancola, director of CSLEPS. They worked hard alongside others to provide better life and education for children in Haiti. A recovery for Haiti: that’s what Kenneth was inspired by, and he did everything he could to support his belief.

We should all identify a cause we are passionate about. We need to make an effort to support our initiative or idea. We as students need to realize taking a personal interest in a cause will make us think and make our beliefs stronger. It can also lead to experiences that we will cherish for a lifetime.

Contributing to a cause or belief could be just like an internship or a co-op. Lam worked on a construction project in Haiti. It was a unique opportunity and it gave him the chance to get some hands-on experience which he may not have had otherwise. He was courageous enough to take an active role in a cause he supported. We need not travel across the world to help those in need; it could be as simple as contributing to the sustainability initiatives at N.C. State or being associated with non-profit and community service organizations in Raleigh.

If you strongly believe in something or have a cause that is close to your heart, it will give you a sense of ownership. Be always supportive of your cause; have faith in your opinions or ideas even you don’t get support. You will feel the sense of achievement once you contribute towards the things that you strongly believe.

We always believe in an ideal world, we want things to happen our way but some of us are not even willing to contribute to the things that we believe. If you strongly believe be brave enough to act and speak out for it. You will suddenly have a different purpose and things around you will start changing for good.

Lam took a personal interest in a cause he believes in, and we could all take a lesson from that. We need to look up to him and start believing in and contributing to an issue that is close to our hearts. Stand up for what you believe in. Throughout history great things have happened when people have stood up for things that they believed in. We all need to realize, every small good deed of ours is going to make this world a better place.