Testimonials

From time to time, we share letters and testimonials from our students, their families, our supporters, our partners, our funders, and our friends. We feature inspirational quotes and comments about our mission, vision, and the impact of education on our world. As an introduction to this feature, we want to share with you some of the people who have prompted us to do what we do and who have inspired and motivated us to pursue our passion – helping the children of Africa through education.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

– Nelson Mandela

"Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education."

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The importance of education cannot be neglected by any nation. And in today's world, the role of education has become even more vital. It is an absolute necessity for economic and social development of any nation."

– Manu Goel

"I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves."

– Oprah Winfrey

"It is today we must create the world of the future."

– Eleanor Roosevelt

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

– William Butler Years

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

– Malcolm X

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another."

– G. K. Chesterton

"Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom."

– George Washington Carver

"Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement."

– Peter F. Drucker

"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."

– Marian Wright Edelman

"Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity."

– Abdul Kalam

"Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them."

– Henry Steele Commanger

"Any book that helps a child form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

– Maya Angelou

"Half education is more dangerous than no education."

– Chris Ukaobasi

"Too often the educational value of doing well what is done, however little, is overlooked. One thing well done prepares the mind to do the next thing better. Not how much, but how well, should be the motto. One problem thoroughly understood is of more value than a score poorly mastered."

– Booker T. Washington