When This Life Cambodia asked children in remote communities about their dreams, many of them spoke about their next life. One boy, who had already dropped out of school, said that in his next life he wanted to be a doctor.
"That moment stayed with us," said Se Chhin, Deputy Director of This Life Cambodia. "Children should not have to wait for another life to realise their potential."
That belief that change should happen in this life, not the next, sits at the heart of why Positive Property gives the way it does.
For George Markoski, founder and CEO of Positive Property, property investing has never been only about money. It's about freedom: the ability to support your family, make your own choices and build a life on your terms. After helping thousands of Australians start that journey, George noticed a pattern. Once people achieve that freedom, they want to give something back.
"When you create financial freedom, then suddenly you've got a need to contribute as well," George shared in a recent conversation with B1G1 Co-Founder Paul Dunn.
B1G1 Made Giving Easy
George was no stranger to giving. He'd supported families at Christmas, backed causes for children, and served as president of an organisation helping people with visual impairment. While the work was impactful and fulfilling, it also took intensive time, energy and coordination.
Then he heard Paul Dunn explain the idea behind B1G1: "What if every time business was done, something great happened in the world?"
"I came to talk to you straight after and said, 'I want to do this,'" George recalled.
George felt compelled, not only by the concept, but also the ease, the transparency and the connection B1G1 made possible. As George put it, B1G1 "made giving a natural part of how the business operates."
So, Positive Property tied its mission — to empower 10,000 Australians to live life on their terms — directly to a giving action. Every time a new client joins, the business gives 100 bricks. Every time a client secures a new property, it gives another 100. Those bricks fund school infrastructure in remote Cambodia, supporting education and shelter where it's needed most.
It's a simple mechanism, and that's exactly what makes it work. Business milestones become giving milestones. One brick at a time, those small consistent actions have grown into more than 31,200 bricks for education infrastructure projects run by This Life Cambodia.
The Ripple Beyond Bricks
One of the most powerful parts of the project is the way This Life Cambodia works with local communities. Rather than arriving with a predetermined solution, the organisation consults with communities, schools, parents and local authorities to identify what is truly needed.
In one example, B1G1 gave funding for a school entrance gate, while the local community also raised money and contributed labour. The gate wasn't handed to them. They helped build it, and now they'll look after it.
That is also why the project is naturally aligned with Positive Property’s work. Its clients are people thinking hard about the future: their own, their children's, and the legacy they want to leave through smart investing. The instinct is the same one driving This Life Cambodia: build something that lasts. Through B1G1, that legacy stretches beyond one family and reaches communities thousands of kilometres away, connected by a shared belief in opportunity.
Living the Legacy
George wants Positive Property clients to see exactly what they're part of.
"I want our clients to have a look at this," he said during a livestreamed podcast recording with Paul and Se. "This is what your bricks are doing."
Through Positive Property's giving, an Australian investor's path to financial freedom is now linked to education and shelter for children in Cambodia.
"It's not just to make money for ourselves," George said. "It's to help other people become successful."
In that same conversation, Paul offered a definition of legacy that B1G1 lives by: "Legacy is not what you leave behind. It is what you set in motion."
That is what Positive Property is doing through B1G1. The business continues to help Australians build wealth and choice through property. Now, each new client and each new property milestone also helps set something else in motion: safer schools, stronger foundations, and a brighter future for children who shouldn't have to wait for the next life to reach it.
