Author: Ann Cotton

Quotes

The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.

The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive.

- Ann Cotton

All children everywhere deserve the opportunity that is unlocked for them by education.

All children everywhere deserve the opportunity that is unlocked for them by education.

- Ann Cotton

You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration.

You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration.

- Ann Cotton

Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling.

Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling.

- Ann Cotton

For the poor, learning to manage money well is central to improving their lives.

For the poor, learning to manage money well is central to improving their lives.

- Ann Cotton

Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up.

Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up.

- Ann Cotton

In the family pattern, men support boys and women support girls, and because women have far fewer financial resources, there is less money to invest in girls.

In the family pattern, men support boys and women support girls, and because women have far fewer financial resources, there is less money to invest in girls.

- Ann Cotton

I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities.

I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities.

- Ann Cotton

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