“Originally, my friend and I had always planned, just for the fun of it, to drive across the country—no reason, just for fun for our senior year , ” Elliot explained.“But, when I found out that fact, I realized we could use it for something good, and not just our own pleasure.And, through that, the idea of building schools came around, you know, spreading awareness is a major goal.” Elliot spread the word that he was looking for people to share his mission of educating young Americans, and getting them involved.An anonymous donor gave him the bus.And about 30 people applied for the trip.Elliot helped select four of them, ages 17—23.
The five share one mission—educating young Americans about the AIDS crisis in Africa.
Eighteen-year-old Nathaniel Elliot came up with the idea after he learned a sobering fact.