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Education in Somaliland

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Published: March 19, 2017 by VPR Producer

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, is an impoverished region that isn’t officially recognized as a distinct country. Children born there are given very little opportunity, but Jonathan Starr is trying to change that. Starr, a former hedge fund manager, talks about his journey from Wall Street money manager to Somaliland school runner and how he and his school and changing lives where it matters most.


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  • Jonathan Starr, author of It Takes A School and former hedge fund manager who opened the Abaarso School in Somaliland.
Program #: 17-12segment type: Feature StoriesTopics - Economics and Finance| Education| Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations| Poverty and Wealth InequalityGuests - Jonathan StarrBooks & Publications - It Takes a SchoolInstitutions - Abaarso SchoolHost - Marty PetersonProducers - Evan Rook| Reed Pence| Sean Waldron
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