Astrophysics and Gender Equality

Renowned astrophysicist Vera Rubin started her career at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory with a protest about bathrooms and gender.

Back to School with Lucy Acomo

Like too many girls of her generation Lucy Acomo was forced to quit school in order to take care of her family. She never even learned to read and write.

The Story Behind the Photo

What’s written on this blackboard alone won’t change her life, but her education can help pull her out of poverty and give her the opportunity for a future she deserves.

More Than Just Water

The VSLA is a village run system of neighbors lending and borrowing money to each other to start small businesses. The system is linked to a local well and the money is collected in the form of monthly water user fees.

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