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October 15, 2009

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. --Henry B. Adams

16 Year Old Headmaster:
At 16 years old, Babar Ali must be the youngest headmaster in the world. What started as a role playing game of teacher and student has transformed into daily classes to 800 poor children in his family's backyard. Despite the free schools, these children cannot afford to attend and must supplement their families' income. After his day at the best school in his region of West Bengal, India, Babar comes home to teach -- now with the help of ten other volunteer student teachers -- the lessons he learned that day to the poor children from his village. He even provides books and food free of charge. [more]

Submitted by: Yoo-mi Lee

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On Oct 15, 2009 ganoba writes:

It is really simple. Let us do whatever we can. Let us not get bogged down by such outstanding success stories. It all started very small.

 
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