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New Year's Letter From the Global Campaign For Education

Jo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:05:51 +0100

It has been a busy year for education campaigners around the globe. In April millions of us took part in the World's Biggest Lesson with 8.8 million people in the official count. In September celebrities, corporate, faith and government leaders came together with GCE to join the Class of 2015 and make new commitments to Education for All. In December campaigners jointly put pressure on their representative attending the High Level Group in Oslo last week, not to mention the numerous other campaign activities that have happened throughout the year.

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White band action pledge 17-19th October

Jo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:21:26 +0200

Between 17-19th October every year millions of people across the world Stand Up against poverty. Literally. Join them and break a world record.

Sydney, Australia.

Make your message even stronger by adding your own personal pledge, so world leaders see we are real people with real determination to hold them to their promises.

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Mandela organisatie schenkt meer dan 2.2 miljoen Rand

Diederik — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:08:19 +0200

Nelson Mandela sluitte zich aan bij de onafhankelijke kranten "strijd tegen vreemdelingenhaat", met een donatie van R1-miljoen. De donatie was afkomstig van de groep Mandela organisaties en is ondertussen opgelopen tot meer dan R2,2 miljoen. Mandela is van mening dat de mensen die hebben geleden onder dit geweld niet verder moeten lijden door de gevolgen," zei Achmat Dangor (Nelson Mandela Foundation).

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