IF voting for Crown Prince Sultan as Man of the Year in charity were a book about his tremendous efforts for the good of all people, voting for him for the second year in a row speaks volumes. And if that is an encyclopedia, the fact that he was selected for the most honorable title by a public vote is a whole encyclopedia. When readers of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Sharq voted for Crown Prince Sultan, they have indeed spoken of the sheer vastness of his presence in the world of charity with the formidable Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud Foundation for Charity. People not only in Saudi Arabia, but all over the Muslim world, have benefited from the Crown Prince's generous hands in one way or another. This is a man who believes in the strategy of teaching people how to earn their own food instead of giving them something to eat. This is a man who believes in not leaving a single poor soul behind. This is a man who realizes that the wealth of one Muslim must be used to alleviate the suffering of another. This is a man whose heart is big enough for all of those in need. A man like Crown Prince Sultan has no need for awards. His award is to see the smile on a poor child's face when he gets what he needs. His reward is the love he enjoys in the hearts of people who benefited from his charitable work, a mere glimpse of which was the votes cast by tens of thousands of Al-Sharq's readers. For every time he helps build a school or hospital, he gets thousands of times as much gratitude from a future leader or a comforted patient. Crown Prince Sultan is not just a man who builds schools. He himself is a school – one that teaches people how to care for their brethren and what it means to be a benefactor. And what it means is not to expect thank-you letters and awards in return for making people smile. What it means is to give just for the sake of giving, and for the pleasure of helping. Crown Prince Sultan's latest award is not only for him. It is an award earned by everyone in his institution. Those are selfless people who follow the example of a man who knows that being a prince is more than just about the title. A prince is a man who captures the hearts of people by coming down to them and seeing to their needs. And that reward is the greatest of all. __
