Education

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

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