Nick Kristoff Plugs DIL!

New York Times Columnist Nick Kristoff mentioned DIL in his April 7th blog entry following up on his column about Hasina Bibi, a woman in Meerwala, Pakistan attempting to get justice for the rape and murder of her 11 year old daughter. Kristoff, who many credit with bringing the dire situation in Darfur to light, received hundreds of responses to the Hasina Bibi story from people looking to help women in Pakistan and in response he wrote:

"In a broader sense, the way to prevent other tragedies like [these] is to encourage education for girls in Pakistan. One great organization that does that is Developments in Literacy; it now operates 200 schools for girls in Pakistan."

Many commented on his post thanking him for pointing out ways people in America, a world away, can help and DIL saw a significant increase in donations from these many generous souls.

Kristoff first learned about DIL from our Patron, Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary General, and we thank him for mentioning us as a potential solution to some of the issues faced by women in Pakistan.

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