The Riverside School : Infecting India With “I CAN”

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Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.

Such a simple and inspiring motto : “One Idea. One Week. One Billion lives to change.”

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