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" I really appreciate the Among Women appeal for our Room to Read program in South Africa. You have done your homework. You have seen the poverty there and the progress. You have spent a lot of time with the people there who can and want to help. You have a wonderful network of contacts both in America and South Africa. We applaud your efforts and welcome you as a partner." – John Wood, Founder, Room to Read Author, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World. World change starts with educated children.® This simple truth, the rallying cry of Room to Read, has been learned first hand and embraced by Among Women South Africa. The founders of AWSA are mostly alumnae of The Seven Sisters Colleges, renowned for producing generations of highly educated, successful women – eager to use their collective resources, talents and brain power for social equality and justice. In addressing the United Nations Women’s Conference, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “We men have made a proper mess of things. We need women to save us." So who needs men? The answer is Among Women South Africa. This all inclusive, international effort welcomes the assistance of men and women everywhere of all ages and persuasions. South Africa is a dichotomy of incredible beauty juxtaposed with equally incredible poverty and living conditions for millions. These same South Africans, despite extreme poverty and challenges, shine with the incandescence of hope.