Lidia Schaefer

CHAMPIONING CHILDREN

Washington, D.C., manicurist Lidia Schaefer traded in the trappings of the American dream, selling her house and car to help build a school in her native village in Ethiopia. Today, her school educates nearly 1,500 students per day. Story »

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