Giving Compass' Take:

• Bitcoin companies are now donating enough money to build functioning preschools for Rwanda's youth and creating access to more educational opportunities. 

• Can other cryptocurrency companies take the lead and do the same thing in other struggling countries? How can we help emphasize the importance of early education?

• Here is another example of the importance of early education in Africa. 

In her mother's eyes, Lucky truly is fortunate. The 5-year-old girl is learning social skills and her ABCs at a new preschool instead of playing at home or amid the maize and beans that her parents grow in Rwanda's eastern Bugesera district.

"Seeing my daughter going to school makes me so happy," said Immaculate Zihinjishi, whose three older children didn't have access to formal early childhood education. The family also has a toddler.

Just 10% of young Rwandan children were enrolled in preschool programs in 2011.

The preschool in the village of Kasebigege is a 10-minute walk from the family's home. It opened early this year, enrolling almost 120 youngsters ages 3 to 6.

Read the full article on growing education in Rwanda by Laura Twagirayezu at Global Citizen