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fight poverty through education

Education is one of the best investments any community can make towards eradicating poverty and ensuring a better quality of life.

In terms of opening up life's possibilities and having the potential to give back to family and community the gift of education is invaluable.

Our focus is to improve a child's access to a basic primary education, help reduce illiteracy and put an end to generational poverty.

We believe this will not be possible until there is an equal number of girls and boys in school.

We are committed to making this possible.

"If you really want to change a culture to empower women, improve basic hygiene and healthcare and fight high rates of infant mortality the answer is to educate the girls."

(Source: GREG MORTENSON in "THREE CUPS OF TEA" BY GREG MORTENSON AND DAVID OLIVER RELIN)