When Hilde Back (at right), a Holocaust survivor who fled to Sweden, where she became a preschool teacher, decided to sponsor a child in Africa, she had no idea how far her money would go. She knew it would probably help one child – in this case, Chris Mburu of Kenya – to get better nutrition and education. Turns out that it went a LOT further than that.
A Small Act, premiering at 8 p.m. Eastern on July 12 on HBO, tells the story from Mburu's perspective – how Back's sponsorship helped him to not only get a good education in Kenya, but to go on to Harvard Law School and later become a human rights advocate for the United Nations, dedicating his life to fighting for "the least of these."
In an effort to "give back," Mburu (left) establishes the Hilde Back Education Fund to sponsor some of the brightest and most disadvantaged of Kenya's next generation. Secondary school can cost less than $10 a week in Kenya, but even that amount is out of reach for many families. In A Small Act, three gifted ...
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