You might've read, or seen this book at the best seller's section. Greg Mortenson's long journey to give the gift of education to the most impoverished regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan sheds new light on the value of education. He taught me that the power of learning can be greater than that of warfare, violence, and even money. It's a refreshing solution to the tragedies happening everyday in Haiti, Uganda, and countless other places. Here's an interesting insight into improving the general well being of struggling villages:
"Once you educate the boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities," Mortenson explains. "But the girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they have learned. 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 girls.""If the girls can just get to a fifth-grade level," says Mortenson, "everything changes."
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