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Building a Dream
By Pamela Gien
O, The Oprah Magazine  |  From the January 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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It started as a wish for a first-class school that would nurture, educate, and turn gifted young South African girls from impoverished backgrounds into the country's future leaders. Last summer it was time for Oprah to eagle-eye the final details, choose the uniforms and handpick the first 75 students.

Oprah's most important work has just begun.

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