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Jul 6, 2010 · Chris Mburu, a UN Human Rights Commissioner, tells the story of how a Swedish woman paid for his schooling when he was a boy in a mud house. He also founded a scholarship program for other village children and met his benefactor for the first time.
A Small Act is a documentary film produced by Harambee Media and HBO and directed by Jennifer Arnold. The documentary chronicles Chris Mburu's search for his benefactor, whose sponsorship allowed him to continue secondary school in Kenya.
A film about how a Swedish woman's small act of sponsoring a Kenyan boy's education changed his life and inspired him to help others. Follow the boy's journey from a poor village to Harvard Law School and his foundation that supports young students.
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A Small Act tells the story of how a Swedish woman's sponsorship of a Kenyan student changed his life and inspired him to help others. The film follows the journey of Chris Mburu, a former sponsored student who became a Human Rights Lawyer and a scholar.
Official website for documentary film A Small Act.
Now a Harvard graduate and a Human Rights Lawyer for the United Nations, Chris Mburu decides to find the stranger that changed his life. Inspired by her generosity, he starts a scholarship program of his own and names it for his former benefactor.
Oct 29, 2010 · Jennifer Arnold, the director, sets out to tell the story of Chris Mburu, who as a child in a poor village in Kenya was probably destined for a life of hardship until a woman in Sweden named...
