Hey there, I'm Chris Debeau here to tell you about the good stuff happening around the world.

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NASA sent Missy Elliot to space.

Well, kind of.

From CNN, this is five good things.

Books have the power to change lives. And that was the case for Peyton McGriff.

She read the book Half The Sky in College.

The book talks about the plight of women and girls around the world,

talks about how there are more than 130 million girls not in school today, and

so that completely opened my worldview is someone from Idaho that

there is just such a vastly different experience for women around the world.

And one of the many barriers that prevent girls from going to school is a uniform.

That's why she turned a project in college into a nonprofit, called Style Her Empowered,

or she for short. They help 1500 girls a year in the Western African country of Togo.

So today when a girl enters our program she not only receives a new school uniform,

but she receives a full tuition scholarship, full year of

school supplies, a reusable menstrual kit, and a year-round tutoring from our

local staff. And Payton's work has earned her recognition as a 2024 CNN hero.

Last year, 99.1% of our students pass their classes

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