How a Family Decided to Give Away Much of Its Wealth

By Caroline Bermudez

The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
by Kevin Salwen and Hannah Salwen

Three years ago, an affluent family in Atlanta decided to sell its mansion, move into a house half its size, and give half of the money from the sale, about $800,000, to support development projects in 24 remote villages in Ghana.

Kevin Salwen, a former reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal, and his daughter Hannah came up