According to UNESCO: there are over 154 million children in the world deprived of education due to poverty, slavery, racism, religious extremism, gender discrimination, and geographical isolation. The cost to educate a child in the third world is about $ 1 per month per child. To achieve global literacy, the investment would be $ 8 billion per year for 15 years.
Greg MortensonAnd they did it with something that is basicly worthless in our society - pennies. But overseas, pennies can move mountains
Greg MortensonWe all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can get along this well, we can accomplish anything. The British policy was โdivide and conquer.โ But I say โunite and conquer.
Greg Mortenson