As I spoke to the women, they told me, "You know what we need? We really need a school for girls."
Because there had not been any school for girls.
And the reason they wanted the school for girls is because when a girl is raped when she's walking to school, the mother is blamed for that.
If she got pregnant before she got married, the mother is blamed for that, and she's punished.
She's beaten. They said, "We wanted to put our girls in a safe place."
As we moved, and I went to talk to the fathers, the fathers, of course, you can imagine what they said: "We want a school for boys."
And I said, "Well, there are a couple of men from my village who have been out and they have gotten an education.
Why can't they build a school for boys, and I'll build a school for girls?"
That made sense. And they agreed.
And I told them, I wanted them to show me a sign of commitment. And they did.