Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the … - Greg Mortenson

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God is so big He can cover the whole world with His love, and so small He can curl up inside your heart.

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Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities, but the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they’ve learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls.

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