Bono Joins 1GOAL at CGI
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Bono, ONE co-founder, just joined Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and others in a commitment to 1GOAL: Education for All at the Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. Together with FIFA, 1GOAL is committed to ensuring that the legacy of the 2010 World Cup will be universal access to education for all children. As President Clinton said, “this is a staggering opportunity” to make a big difference for girls and boys around the world.
Read more about 1GOAL Education for All here.
After the announcement, Queen Rania immediately joined a panel moderated by Nicholas Kristof and went on to further make a passionate case for universal education. According to Queen Rania, an educated child is 50% less likely to contract HIV, just one of many ways education affects every other sector. She also pointed out another statistic so incredible that Nicholas Kristof made her repeat it: the developing world needs approximately $11 billion dollars to put every child into primary school– the same amount the US spends every 3 months on their pets. However, because education isn’t particularly “dramatic” it rarely gets the attention it deserves.
Nicholas Kristof, Queen Rania, and Hilda Solis join in a panel on Creating Good Jobs and Strong Communities
US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis addresses the CGI Meeting
-Chris Scott
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September 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Great work Chris! So great to be able to see what happened on the inside.
September 25, 2009 at 12:06 am
I want to thank Nicholas Kristoff for his new book and for all his efforts in shining a light on the potential for rapid development in poorer nations when they tap into the POWER inherent in women. Women do hold up half the sky and thus it makes good sense for any nation serious about advancement to make sure that women are NOT left behind in the rush to “development”.
Thanks also to Queen Rania for all her efforts toward the idea of universal education for all the world’s children and to Bono – for always being willing to lend his voice, his time and his celebrity currency to further efforts that bring about a fairer world for all.
ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie
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September 25, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Awesome coverage of this session! I write about the World Cup and CSR at http://www.WorldCupCSR.wordpress.com and am a big supporter of the 1Goal campaign and am thrilled to see it get some coverage at the CGI!
John
October 6, 2009 at 2:01 am
Bono is co=founder who is/are the other co-founders..and is this affiliated with a political party