"There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the rich, and that is the poor. The poor can think of nothing else."

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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.

— Greg Mortenson