A boy in rural Kenya was weeks away from leaving school forever. A woman in Sweden wrote a check for fifteen dollars. Neither of them knew they were altering history.
In the 1970s, Chris Mburu was the top student in his district in Mitahato, Kenya, living in a mud house without electricity or running water. His academic performance was exceptional, but his family could not afford the modest school fees required to keep him enrolled. Without assistance, his education would have ended after primary school.
