At the end of the 70s, Steve Jobs made a donation of $5.000 to a charity organization, which over the course of 35 years helped 3.5 million people from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, Tibet, India, and other nearby areas, to regain their sight. The amount of money donated by Jobs it was just the beginning, because only a few years later he donated a computer Apple II to the foundation, the product having a memory capacity of 5 MB, the former CEO saying then that it will not be able to be occupied with files by the organization. After 33 years spent in Kathmandu, that computer has now returned to Steve Jobs' house, his widow receiving it from the organization's co-founder, Larry Brilliant.
"You'll never be able to use all the [capacity]," Dr. Brilliant recalled Mr. Jobs telling him. "It's five megabytes!'" "Steve was always very clear about his role in the genesis of Seva and it was his privilege to help support the heroic on-the-ground work of the doctors and health professionals involved in this courageous effort," THX. Powell Jobs said in a statement. "It's amazing Seva found the Apple II donated by Steve and our family is thrilled to have it returned." "I only know how to do one thing well," Mr. Brilliant said Mr. Jobs told him. "I think I can help the world by doing this one thing."
Despite the fact that Steve Jobs was often criticized because he was not involved in philanthropic work, the co-founder of the foundation in Kathmandu claims that without the donation of the former CEO of Apple, his organization would not have existed. However, this was not the only charitable action of Steve Jobs, he and his wife secretly donating enough money to various foundations, Laurene Powell Jobs taking care of the family's philanthropic work both before her husband's death and now.
