What students said about Oscar: philanthropist at 9 years of age

…..despite his age, he seems very confident and knowledgeable. He seems to know what he’s doing, why he’s doing it and how he’ll accomplish his goals, and he never once seemed overwhelmed by older children pelting questions at him. He is also very modest.

I was amazed to find out that Oscar had started his foundation by selling pinecones and that he thought of such great things when most kids his age care about video games or toys, not doing such a great deal to help others

Oscar was such a cool kid. One of the most interesting things that he said was “Everyone always mentions my age and how young I am when I tell them about what I’m doing, but I don’t think it’s a big deal, anyone can do it.” He’s obviously going to be so successful with an attitude like that

Oscar had great ideas and was able to explain them in very simple, bold and clear methods. This really astounded me because it wasn’t like he knew what we were going to ask but he handled so well. I really liked his thought that we need more groups to help out, that we need to diversify our aid. The only thing that I didn’t really like was his choice of words or rather the lack of diversity in his speech. Which is understandable for someone his age. Great speech!

Oscar was also very inspiring, being so young but having already taken so much into his own hands. I think that he’s a role model for us all, being aware about needs and making it his own responsibility to fulfill them. He must have a lot of guts to speak in front of a bunch of kids and adults so much older than himself, and twice his size. It was interesting to hear the point of view of a child instead of an adult on these subjects.

… struck me how at his age he has such individual and unique opinions. Also it was really impressive how he was very open and to the point with answers.

I found Oscar the most inspiring speaker out of the four. Not just because of his unbelievably young age but because of his passion for the subject. He didn’t care about what all of his peers at school thought, good or bad, mean or nice. He kept his mind set to his goal.