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REGION: Asia-Pacific
TOPIC: Education
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SLIDE SHOW Posted: May 7, 2009   
Sister Cyril Brings Education to India's Poor FLASH VERSION
Sister Cyril Mooney, principal of the Loreto Day School in Kolkata, India, and founder of the Rainbow Program, helps give children in India's slums an education and better way of life. NewsHour special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro and producer Nikki See went to India to report on her program.
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Loreto Students, Loreto Day School students attend school during the day and can return to study, play, eat and sleep at night in the school's dormitory.
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Loreto Students
Loreto Day School students attend school during the day and can return to study, play, eat and sleep at night in the school's dormitory.
Photo Credit: Nikki See
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