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How Nelson Mandela’s Legacy to Advance Access to Education Lives On

Saleforce Nonprofit

After advising the students of trying as much as possible to remain in school, he explained his reasoning: “Because education is the most powerful weapon which we can use in order to prepare our youth for their role as leaders of tomorrow.”. I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and at the age of five my father passed away suddenly.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. SOS Children’s Villages works to stop more than half a million children ending up alone, abandoned or in institutions. Gorilla Doctors provides life-saving medical care to mountain and Grauer’s gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.