Dear Friends,

As you all know by now, I'm the only child. While it is fun to have the full attention from my loving parents and many great friends of my age, a lot of time I wonder what I will feel to have idols outside of Cragtop Caves.

My creative mom, Tera, suggested that I made one-of-a-kind letter that looked like a scrap book page. The project turned out to be a fun one. On one page, I got to put the pieces together, pictures, drawings and letter for my idol, then make another creative page for my idol to write me back!

This is the fourth letter that I will send to my idol. He is a young and smart Indonesian intellectual, who also has a BIG HEART, Anies Baswedan! Not only he shares his abundant knowledge to his students at the Paramadina University, but he also inspires many young Indonesian university graduates to donate one year of their time to teach the less fortunate children of Indonesia who live in remote areas. How cool is that?!

He is the initiator and chairman of an inspiring movement called "Indonesia Mengajar" (Teaching Indonesia), www.indonesiamengajar.org. No wonder that a US magazine, "Foreign Policy", named him as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world in 2008, and the "World Economic Forum" included him in their 2009 Young Global Leaders!

I am really hoping that he can write me back so that I can share it to all of my friends as well. The world needs as many Dignified and Caring leaders as possible to make it a better place for children like us to grow up. I have decided to name this project the "D.C. Leaders Safari," and will share with you my letters to these inspiring leaders.

I also think that it will be cool if we can share with each others our idols' stories. I will put this project under the "Fan Club's-Sharing Smart Ideas" section, and hope that you will send me yours as well. If you need cool background, feel free to use some nice looking templates that I have shared with you there.

Truly Yours,
Didgit