Nepal: A Girl's Life

Name: Nepal: A Girl's Life
Uploaded: 2010-08-19T15:30:00Z
Duration: P889S
Description: While trekking in Nepal in 1998, American John Wood saw that many children couldn't afford to go to school and that schools in the poorest rural areas had a chronic shortage of books. It was a transformational experience for Wood that spurred him to start a literacy program called Room to Read.

Special | 14m 49s

While trekking in Nepal in 1998, American John Wood saw that many children couldn't afford to go to school and that schools in the poorest rural areas had a chronic shortage of books. It was a transformational experience for Wood that spurred him to start a literacy program called Room to Read.

Aired: 06/07/07

Rating: NR

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Nepal: A Girl's Life

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