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The power of education - Lone teacher empowers destitute community with minimal resources
19.10.11Goodness pays within time.
“Doing good may not get a quick rewarding result, but one day it will bring a positive return,” said Tith Sivongxay, 38, a teacher of almost 20 years at Kaewkoo Community Learning Centre in Lao PDR, about her teaching career.
Three hours per day, for five days a week, for nine years, Ms. Sivongxay has walked back and forth from her house to work at the CLC in Kaewkoo Village.
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