Bulding Peace

The video has made me reflect that we take things for granted, we are not thankful for all the things that we have while there are people around the world that will die for an education. I had the mentality that there was no more peace or good people in the world, but  when I saw this video I saw hope because now I know that there are still people out there with a heart that care and help others with nothing in return. Greg Montenson was motivated by seeing all the poverty in the world and saw how their culture was in need of education and he had the initiative to start building the school for women in Afghanistan. He thought that if they educate a girl at least to the fifth grade level it could help by reducing infant mortality, reducing population explosion, and improving basic quality of health. With this simple act of kindness he proved he was able to enter a foreign culture, respect local customs, and build relationships with religious and community leaders. He mentioned something that is very true, we can afford to give out condoms and do other things but yet we cannot afford free education to those who are in need? He reminded us that we should spend all of our money in things that are really needed, not just for guns and war. There should be less ignorance in the world to make it a better place for all of us. Why does it always have to be blood shedding battles? We should all find peace in another way other than fighting. This video gave us all hope and it tells us that with just an act of kindness everything can turn into a better place.