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We Built a School in Boko Haram’s Heartland

Before the Terror

When Gerald and Lois Neher arrived in tiny Chibok, Nigeria, girls didn’t go to school. The couple’s work helped the first girls attend—50 years before terrorists abducted 270.

Michael Daly
Michael Daly 

Special Correspondent

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Gerald A. Neher
Michael Daly

Michael Daly

Special Correspondent

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