What would you do if you won the lottery?
For one North Carolina man, the answer is simplehe would help others by supporting education.
Hoping to help the kids from his native country, he purchased a scratch-off ticket.
Fortunately, luck was on his side, and he won $100,000.
Now, hes planning to put it towards a noble cause.
This was my dream, Sanasaidafter he won.
With a deep understanding of the cultural weight of dance, Sana created a nonprofit.
If you talk about culture and you talk about education, they both go together.
However, the rapid pace of globalization has caused a loss of interest among younger generations.
In an effort to keep it alive, Sane has been giving traditional Malian dance workshops in the U.S.
However, as thepicturesdepict, these group classes take place out in the open, mostly on dirt floors.
Some of the money is going to be used to start building a dance center there, Sana shares.
That is the thing that makes me really happy.
Souleymane Sana is a 39-year-old dance instructor who emigrated from war-torn Mali to North Carolina.
This was my dream, Sana says.
Im going to keep doing my best to help build more classrooms for the children in Mali.
That is the thing that makes me really happy.
