“Not only do these abominable weapons lie buried in silence and in their millions waiting to kill or maim innocent women and children; but the presence or even the fear of the presence of a single landmine can prevent the cultivation of an entire field, rob a whole village of its livelihood, place yet another obstacle on a country's road to reconstruction and development” ChildrenCountryWholeLyingWaitingSilenceMillionsFieldsDevelopmentWeaponsObstaclesInnocentVillageBuriedLivelihoodCultivationReconstructionLandmines Author:Kofi Annan
“When I met my designs in the market of a remote village in the West Indies, or in the airport restaurant in Zurich, I felt like the mother of many well-behaved children.” WellsChildrenMotherFeltDesignMetsWestRestaurantsVillageAirportsWest IndiesZurich Author:Eva Zeisel
“Rhesus monkeys as well as human adults and older children living in a remote Amazon village have been given comparison and addition tasks using arrays of dots, and they show the same abilities we find in 5- year- old Boston children.” YearsHumansWellsChildrenHas BeensShowsGivenAbilityAdultsTasksComparisonVillageMonkeysBostonAmazonDots Author:Elizabeth Spelke
“I ask you all so earnestly to open girl's schools in every village and try to uplift them. If the Conditions of women are raised, then their children will, by their noble actions, glorify the name of the Country.” IfsTryingChildrenCountryActionSchoolGirlAsksNamesConditionsRaisedNobleUpliftingVillageGlorify Author:Swami Vivekananda