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There’s no magic bullet in fighting poverty but… education is the single best way to improve people’s lives. It bolsters economic growth, reduces extremism and social conflict and reduces run-away population growth… – Nicholas D. Kristof

Truer words were never spoken.

A video from the New York Times columnist about a lost boy of Sudan who emigrated to America and returned to run a school.

http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/07/12/opinion/1247468409637/the-education-of-valentino-achak-deng.html