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　　Romina Kola's family moved from a village inAlbania,where the closest school was two hoursaway, to the city of Shkodra so she could get aneducation.

　　“Many of my friends can't attend school because ofdistance and poverty. Schools are too far away fromthe village where we live.”

　　What her parents didn't know was that by doing so,they kept her from being one of sixty-twomillion girls around the world were not in school.

　　Susan Markham, of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) saysdistance and risk of violence are only some of the barriers to a girl's education.

　　“Whether it's child marriage or economic pressure because of school fees, we want to addressthose.”

　　The Obama administration has launched a campaign called "Let Girls Learn."

　　First lady Michelle Obama went to Japan and Cambodia in March to promoted,along with PeaceCorps director,Carrie Hessler-Radelet.

　　“The First lady is incredibly passionate about this topic.She looks at her own life and herhusband's life, President Obama's life and they see how important education was in themachieving their life goals.And they want to make sure that every girl has the same chance thatthey had.”

　　Peace Corps voulunteers like this in Tirana, Albania will help implement the program in manycountries.

　　These volunteers work mostly in remote areas,their initiatives include programs to promotegender equality and empower young women,says volunteer Mary Quandt.

　　“It is about starting a dialogue and increasing expectations of these girls;let them know thatthey can achieve this and they can grow in their sense of self and their capabilities of leadershipand experience and as soon as you plant that seed in them, they are going to nurture it andit's going to grow.”

　　USAID's Susan Markham points out that educating girls benefits the entire society.

　　“Women who stay in school, young girls who stay in school till womanhood, are likely to behealthier.

　　They are more likely to get married later, bear children later and they are more likely to keeptheir own kids in school for longer.So it has a great ripple effect across the whole community.”

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