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[00:00.10]From VOA Learning English,[00:02.10]this is the Education Report.[00:05.08]Burma also known as Myanmar,[00:07.88]is one of the poorest countries in the world.[00:11.46]United Nations says people there[00:13.80]earn an average of about $460 a year.[00:18.03]For more than twenty years,[00:20.27]the military ruled the country[00:22.37]leading to international economic sanctions.[00:26.40]The country now has an elected government[00:28.99]and international aid has begun to arrive,[00:32.77]but there are few resources for education[00:35.87]in rural villages.[00:37.86]Bob Cornwell and the group called[00:40.45]Build a School in Burma are trying to change that.[00:45.07]Three years ago,[00:46.62]he was a financial advisor to several foreign governments.[00:50.96]Today, he is building schools in Burma.[00:54.79]"We're really trying to help kids on the margin[00:58.17]who wouldn't otherwise get an education,[00:59.92]and kids not having an education is just a recipe[01:03.61]for every kind of personal disaster."[01:06.60]He met some of those children in 2010.[01:10.44]He and a friend were travelling from village to village[01:14.18]in the northwestern province of Burma.[01:17.22]"None of these villages had electricity.[01:19.66]Many of them are not really accessible even by road.[01:22.30]And lots of kids.[01:24.60]Maybe like five on average per family. No school."[01:28.61]Bob Cornwell returned to his home in California.[01:32.84]Back home, he learned that the cost of[01:35.48]building a primary school in Burma was just $15,000 to $20,000.[01:43.30]So he sold his interest in the financial consulting company[01:47.08]that he had started 25 years earlier, and returned to Burma.[01:52.22]He looked for villages that would give land[01:55.35]and construction help in exchange for school.[01:59.00]Rick Heizman, an expert on Burmese music volunteers to help.[02:05.37]He had been working on humanitarian[02:08.52]and education projects in Burma for more than twenty years.[02:13.74](Music)[02:27.03]Rick Heizman is married to a well-known Burmese harpist Su Wei.[02:32.21]They live in San Francisco, California.[02:35.37]But they return to Burma often to visit the school projects.[02:39.70]Su Wei says the children are excited to learn to read and write,[02:44.78]and she says their parents are happy that their children[02:48.13]can getting an education without having to leave their village.[02:52.72]"You know, The school is inside their village, nearby,[02:56.40]so, at least, they don't have to worry about taking the kids[02:59.89]to the school in faraway places. You know like that."[03:03.09]Build a School in Burma has built two schools,[03:06.47]and a third one is almost completed.[03:10.04]In June, construction or renovation began on two more.[03:15.03]Bob Cornwell says the group works with community leaders.[03:19.32]"They have a very good connection to the local people.[03:23.10]They understand where the needs are.[03:25.24]So having someone who really understands the local situation is crucial.[03:30.53]They are underground there all the time,[03:32.33]so we really focused on those groups."[03:34.92]Bob Cornwell is applying for grants and asking for donations,[03:40.53]so he can build more schools.[03:42.53]He says spending his retirement years this way[03:46.12]has made him happier than he ever imagined he would be.[03:50.15]And that's the Education Report from VOA Learning English,[03:55.12]I'm Jerilyn Watson.