Ep #259 - Passion Without Funding: How Jeremy McNally Built a Global Humanitarian Movement From His Own Pocket

This week Charles talks with Dr. Jeremy McNally.Jeremy is an entrepreneur.He's also a media executive and humanitarian.He's based in Florida.The conversation covers a lot.Youth unemployment. Electrifying villages in Africa and India. Building businesses that actually help people.Jeremy co-founded Relief Alliance with his teenage son:It's a nonprofit.It provides emergency assistance.It donates food and clothing.It runs youth education programs worldwide.They've done all this without outside funding.Jeremy is also CEO of Tweeble.comTweeble.com is a new platform.It gives small businesses the media reach big companies take for granted at an affordable monthly price.Jeremy is also President of Gridless Global, an energy generation company.His humanitarian work earned him a USA Congressional award.He was also named 2025 Parent of the Year.Much of the conversation is about the planet's huge challenge of youth empowerment.Charles and Jeremy agree that most young people aren't lacking motivation: they're lacking exposure to the right ideas, inspiration, hope creation and great examples.Jeremy talks about Teen X TV.It's a Relief Alliance program.It gets young people into red-carpet events. And industry mixers.On Teen X TV, youngsters interview well-known guests that exposes them to inspiring possibilities.Jeremy shares his view on schools, that too often they teach a subject without explaining why it matters, thereby killing engagement of the students.The talk then shifts to energy access.This links to Charles's own work as a trustee of the Global Energy Network Institute in Australia.Charles outlines his "10,000 for 10,000" initiative.The idea is simple. Companies sponsor renewable energy projects in just one village that has no electricity.The renewables can be generated through one of the "big 6": solar, wind, tidal, biomass, geothermal or hydro.The sponsorship investment can be anything from $5000 to $500,000, depending on the size of the village.Charles vision is to have 10,000 companies each sponsoring just one village, resulting in 10,000 villages having access to the foundational difference between rich and poor communities: electricity!The renowned Dr R. Buckminster Fuller, recipient of 47 honorary doctorates in his lifetime, proved categorically that electricity access is the biggest difference between rich and poor nations.Charles notes that in each of Africa and India, there are over 300,000 villages that do not have electricity today.Jeremy shares some of his story of his own growth and development.At twenty, he ran a local classifieds magazine.That led him to found McNally Software years later.He credits his grandparents and parents: they shaped his commitment to service.He opens up about his daily habits too.He plans the next day the night before.That way mornings start with clarity, not confusion.Regular exercise helps. So does home-cooked food with his fiancée.This one's for anyone interested in youth development. Or humanitarian work. Or building something meaningful without waiting for funding first. Or making a global impact.Links mentioned:Relief Alliance: reliefalliance.orgTweeble: tweeble.comGlobal Energy Network Institute www.genifoundation.org.au (in Australia) and www.geni.org (in the USA)Gridless Global: gridlessglobal.comVisit Charles Kovess' website: charleskovess.comReach out to Charles via email: [email protected] more about Charles and this show: charleskovess.com/show-notes/Visit and subscribe to the YouTube channel: youtube.com/@CharlesBKovessCharles also supports the Forever Freedom Movement — visit foreverfreedommovement.com to learn how children trapped in trafficking can be aided. Intro/Outro music credit: Music by bensound.comLicense code: SVLGLBBT9BLK1ZT4