A boy in rural Kenya was weeks away from leaving school forever. A woman in Sweden wrote a check for fifteen dollars. Neither of them knew they were altering history.

A boy in rural Kenya was weeks away from leaving school forever. A woman in Sweden wrote a check for fifteen dollars. Neither of them knew they were altering history.

In the 1970s, Chris Mburu was the top student in his district in Mitahato, Kenya, living in a mud house without electricity or running water. His academic performance was exceptional, …