"I didn't pass the grade because I don't like school but in the project the tutor told me that I have to study, to be a professional in the future and I promised her to do my effort to pass the grade and I now will chance because she made me realize what important is to study.  I ask you so much that you pray for I can change and to think about my future please."

-- 10-year-old Julia from the Dominican Republic, in a letter to her sponsor