 Hi, I'm Cheryl Logan and I'm here to talk about a unique opportunity to transform education for children around the world. Trees for Life has served the poorest of the poor around the world for the last 30 years. They have found that the root cause of poverty is a lack of education. One of the main obstacles in providing education for children who are poor is the lack of trained teachers. Here is one example of the type of situation that is common around the world. So this is Barbaralee and this is his school. He is the headmaster here, just 16 years old, and he set up this whole place himself. Take a look at those students, they all live around here and they all come here and they get their education for free thanks to Barbaralee's school. So let's give you a quick look around, come across this way. Under the lean two shed here we have more classes taking place, some of the small children here, the teachers, there are ten of them, all like Barbaralee volunteers. So they go to school in the morning in this area, then they come here in the afternoon and they teach the children the lessons that they themselves have learnt. So they come here and they try and impart their knowledge they have gained in school to these children. These children are here because their families are simply too poor to send them to school in the morning. The teachers are very dedicated and their students are motivated to learn, but the teachers have no training. Here is a brief example from a rural school in India. As you can see the teaching is rote learning. This will not prepare students for our 21st century world. Over the past five years I have been volunteering with a new initiative of Trees for Life called Teach for Life. We are building a bridge to share the knowledge and skills of excellent teachers with those who serve the poor. These simple training videos can be translated into any language to benefit teachers everywhere. Hey guys are you ready to work on compound words? Yeah! Okay let's pay attention here we go. This is where you come in by doing what you do best teaching your students. We will video you and your students in your classroom and share it with the world. It's that easy. You'll be part of transforming education for millions of children. Welcome to the Trees for Life movement.