1GOAL: EDUCATION FOR ALL

1. 1GOAL: EDUCATION FOR ALL

2. United Nations Millennium Declaration • In September of 2000, World leaders gathered at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss what the UN’s role should be in the new millennium • From this declaration, the General Assembly derived eight goals aimed at raising the quality of life of people around the globe by 2015 • One of the eight goals is:

3. PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR ALL

4. There are currently 72 million children around the world who are not in school.

5. Compare that to: • The population of (your state) • ¼ of the population of the United States… 307,000,000

6. Why aren’t they in school? Little boys washing cars for small change or shining shoes in exchange for food… little girls in search of water, hours from their home, or babysitting while their parents eke out meager livings…little people whose promise and potential waste away every day their not in school

7. With less than five years to the 2015 target date: • 72 million children are still not enrolled in primary school • Over a third of children drop out before completing primary school and many more leave school having failed • There is a global shortage of teachers: 18 million teachers need to be trained and recruited by 2015 • 774 million adults have been denied an education and cannot read and write

8. How do countries spend their money? 1998 figures

9. Costs to achieve universal access to basic education in all developing countries

10. Education is a fundamental right and governments have the prime responsibility for making that happen

11. An Elementary School in South Africa

12. What can we do?

13. We can join the 1GOAL CAMPAIGN

14. 1GOAL is aiming to recruit tens of millions of supporters to achieve education for the 72 million children currently out of school We can join Queen Rania of Jordan and other supporters including political leaders, soccer stars, and celebrities like Shakira 1GOAL Campaign

15. 1GOAL is not asking for money, but the solidarity of sport to create a platform for collective advocacy 1GOAL Campaign

16. We can write to our Congressman: (find your congressman’s contact information at: www.house.gov) We are all committed to doing our part to meet the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration

17. We want our Congressman to support legislation that will: • Ensure that countries who pledged financial support, including the US, honor their aid commitments to basic education • Stress the importance of improving quality education, by training and recruiting 18 million teachers by 2015 • Encourage governments to define and measure minimum learning standards • Develop new strategies to reach hard-to-reach children • Guarantee that children have enough to eat, in order to learn healthily

18. Arguments and Facts to include in a letter • Education combats hunger. Educated women are more likely to have well nourished children • Education saves lives • Education helps end poverty • Children belong in the classroom and not working in fields or factories

19. Raising our voices all over the world we believe that, together, we can make education a reality for the millions of boys and girls who remain out of school