Half The Sky Summary

The title of Chapter 10 of Half the Sky was “Investing in Education.” The topic of the chapter is the benefit of education. The chapter focused on the development of Camfed and other stories that show the positives that come out of educating young children, especially girls. I chose to write about this chapter because it was one of the positive chapters in the book that we have read so far. The first story that was told in the chapter was about Dai Manju. One of the sentences that stood out to me was “There was almost no furniture in the dim shack except for a coffin that the father had made for the great-aunt” (167). This was troubling to me because I cannot imagine walking into my living room and just seeing a coffin for one of my grandparents

I think one of the big misconceptions that I had before reading this chapter was that I could not afford to donate money to other schools because it would take a considerable donation to help someone. I think that is a misconception that other people have as well. I am glad that I read this chapter because I do not know if I would have researched this topic on my own. This chapter also helped extend the list of charities or organizations that I would be willing to donate money to. I never wanted to donate money because I was only aware of the big companies that have commercials. I knew that most of those companies did not spend the majority of the money on the cause that they were supporting. This chapter and this book as a whole has made me more willing to donate money to different places. In the future, I would want to see an expansion of the policy that Mexico has with children attending school. Although it may be difficult to start, I think that the children receiving the education that was not deemed necessary will be able to enter the workforce and stimulate the economy in their country. I would hope that several counties would come together to support the policy so that it could be a world-wide organization to benefit more people. However, in order for this to happen, powerful countries would also have to adopt the policy, which may be difficult if the leaders do not see a need for the program in their