Kids totally get it. I have said this before, but they really see themselves in these girls, even though their lives are so different. I went to 3 very privileged schools today. Like, crazy fancy. I started the presentations asking them what they know about Nepal. They were like little encyclopedias, or wikipedias. Then I [...]
Besides working on our own independent documentary, Scott and I are here in Nepal filming a promotional video for the Bo M. Karlsson Foundation. This NGO is really unique in that it is providing scholarships for Nepali women to go to UNIVERSITY. There are quite a few organizations helping girls go to primary and secondary [...]
The want of an education is a human universal. These girls in Afghanistan are risking their lives to attend school. I think girls (and boys) would do the same here, if we had to. The hunger to learn is within all of us.
Our buddy Chris B turned us on to this very cogent deconstruction of the very awesome video, “The Girl Effect”. If you haven’t seen it yet, I urge you to run, do not walk, to your nearest YouTube purveyor and check it out. We’d love to hear your thoughts. Talk about a way to get [...]
