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The orange seller who opened a school

Harekala Hajabba is from India. He didn't have an education himself - but he's making sure that the next generation in his village gets one. Harekala started by putting aside savings from selling oranges in the city of Mangalore, to start a school in his village.

He went on to persuade private donors and the government to support him - and now the school is named after him.

Through an interpreter, Harekala told Matthew Bannister his story.

Image: oranges on the way to market
credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty

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7 minutes