[Instrumental music begins playing and the words “founded by” appear above “The Schmidt Investment Group” registered logo.]
[Aerial video of hills in Guatemala are shown. Voiceover by Marvin J. Schmidt begins.]
Where is one of the biggest needs in the world from an education and from a poverty standpoint?
[“Guatemala” shown onscreen, transitions to two smiling girls. They begin to laugh. Images of Guatemala are shown; children at school, children playing, Guatemalan scenery.]
[Voiceover by Marvin continues and transitions to Marvin sitting in a house. “Marvin Schmidt, Co-Founder, Expand Hope, Head of The Schmidt Investment Group” is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.]
Expand hope is Canada's platform for social change.
[Marvin continues over imagery of Guatemala: an Expand Hope school, children playing, children in a classroom with their teacher.]
The inspiration for Expand Hope was to do something bigger than ourselves.
[Voiceover by Leah Schmidt begins and transitions to Leah sitting in a house. “Leah Schmidt, Co-Founder, Expand Hope” is shown in the bottom left corner of the screen.]
It is very important that as Canadians we use the voice that we have to impact change.
[Leah continues over imagery of Guatemala: children outdoors, children in school, children playing, children in a classroom with their teacher.]
From early on we knew we wanted to focus on education primarily because education provides a wealth of opportunities.
It changes lives, it has so many ripple effects.
[Voiceover by Marvin begins and transitions to Marvin J. Schmidt sitting in a house. “Marvin Schmidt, Co-Founder, Expand Hope, Head of The Schmidt Investment Group” is shown in the right corner of the screen.]
What is the one single factor that creates the greatest impact for humanity? It is education.
[Voiceover by Leah begins and transitions to Leah Schmidt sitting in a house. “Leah Schmidt, Co-Founder, Expand Hope” is shown in the bottom left corner of the screen.]
The power of EH would be communities impacting communities. When we say the saying “it takes a village to raise a child”, our village is bigger than you think.
[Aerial footage of an Expand Hope school in Guatemala. Voiceover by Marvin begins over imagery of Guatemala: children in school, children playing outdoors, Marvin and Leah and their family cutting the ribbon of an Expand Hope school, computers shown in an Expand Hope school. Voiceover transitions to Marvin J. Schmidt sitting in a house. “Marvin Schmidt, Co-Founder, Expand Hope, Head of The Schmidt Investment Group” is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen.]
It's possible that you go through an Expand Hope school and now you become a doctor, police officer, a mayor, and you now pass the torch of change.
The mission for Expand Hope with one word, transformation.
It's transformation of walking with some of the most vulnerable people in the world and it’s transformation with walking with some of the most privileged people in the world, and bringing them together to become better versions of themselves.
[Voiceover continues over imagery of Guatemala: children playing and waving outdoors, aerial shot of school yard with school children standing in formation to spell eh! They wave up at the camera and then disperse, all running in different directions.]
Can we inspire the world to do something that hasn't been done before?
That's the power of EH; to dream and then to chase the dream for humanity's progress.
[“Expand Hope One School at a Time” registered logo is shown on the screen above “founded by” and “The Schmidt Investment Group” registered logo. The music fades out.]
