Shakira among notables launching Global Campaign for Education Action Week

Macleans.ca 19 months ago

Shakira among notables launching Global Campaign for Education Action Week

Shakira, 31, who hails from Colombia, spoke about growing up in the developing world where parents are desperate to provide education for their children. She said education is a great strategy to reduce poverty and to deal with many development issues. Full Article at Macleans.ca

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Our goal is to push everybody to go further in meeting the education for all promises that they've made and to commit their share of the probably $10 billion that is needed
– Gene Sperling SOURCE: Macleans.ca 19 months ago
We know that delivering education for all is a test of our resolve to keep our promises. We know we must act out now
SOURCE: Macleans.ca 19 months ago
We know how to address this and it is within our reach, and we can truly be the architects of change and be the first generation in our history to bring education to all children so that no child is left behind.
SOURCE: Macleans.ca 19 months ago
I know this is a challenge, but it's also a historic opportunity for all of us
SOURCE: Macleans.ca 19 months ago
I think he is a man with wonderful intentions and who is also very pro-active and who has been working very hard for this issue of education. I applaud his work and applaud the fact that he is brave enough to talk to celebrities like me
SOURCE: Yahoo! Music UK 19 months ago
If this bill passes in Congress, the U.S. will be taking a very strong leadership on the issue of universal education
SOURCE: NPR 19 months ago
I would like to commend the UK government and the Netherlands for their effort... Not all leaders are as focussed on this issue as they should be
SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 19 months ago
These things are tools that go hand and hand with education
SOURCE: NPR 19 months ago
I grew up in a country where unfortunately education is sometimes seen as a luxury, as a privilege, and not as a human right ... This always bothered me. So this is personal to me. In the developing world, people who are born poor will die poor, and that is because of the lack of opportunities, opportun...
SOURCE: NPR 19 months ago
I think we are all on the same boat trying to get to the same shore, and trying to provide education for all children in the world
SOURCE: Yahoo! Music UK 19 months ago

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