Craig Kielburger, founder of Free The Children, sat down with Kevin Sullivan and explained how he felt Anne of Green Gables embodied many of the themes his organization represented. Specifically, he talked about empowering women.

This summer, Sullivan Entertainment sent a team of people to Kenya to oversee the building of the world’s first Anne of Green Gables school. The team included Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning star Hannah Endicott-Douglas (who played the young Anne Shirley), Sullivan Entertainment President Trudy Grant, and members of her family.

It’s less than a month before Hannah Endicott-Douglas, who plays Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning, goes to Kenya for the construction of the world’s first Anne of Green Gables school!