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Natalie Portman becomes Free The Children's newest ambassador
Academy Award winning actress, Harvard graduate, new mother and now Free The Children Ambassador. Natalie Portman's talents are only overshadowed by her passion.
... READ MORE >Educating a girl is the key to breaking the chain of poverty.
Did you know that when girls and women earn income they typically invest 90% of it into their families? And when 10% more of a developing country's girls go to school, the country's standard of living grows by 3%?
... READ MORE >Free The Children's Power of a Girl winner announced: congrats, Kate Ashwood!
Many girls took part in the Power of a Girl Initiative contest, backed by Natalie Portman. They each raised money and awareness for girls' education.
... READ MORE >Natalie Portman is passionate about the Power of a Girl.
Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman knows that investing in the education of girls is the most effective way to fight poverty, so she called upon the girls of North America and the United Kingdom to recognize their power to effect change by raising money and awarenes
... READ MORE >Kisaruni Girls Secondary School opens in Kenya.
In January 2011, Free The Children opened its first all-girls secondary school in Kenya, allowing Maasai and Kipsigis girls to continue learning beyond middle school.
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