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Help the World Achieve Universal Education

Target: US Congress
Sponsored by: Care2

Around the world, more than 43 million young girls don't have the opportunity to attend school. The lack of education is both a cause and a consequence of poverty - and cuts off the development of entire societies. When girls have access to basic education it has tremendous impacts in areas like public health and economic growth. Over the years, the benefits reach families, communities and countries as a whole. The United States can take an important step to get children in the world's poorest countries into school by passing the Education for All Act of 2007.

This bi-partisan legislation would:

- Focus U.S. foreign assistance on achieving universal primary education.
- Call for a comprehensive strategy outlining how the United States will play a leading role in reaching this important goal.

Send a message to your legislator today asking them to co-sponsor the Education for All Act of 2007!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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Dear [Decision maker],

As your constituent, I am writing to ask for your support in securing access to education around the world by co-sponsoring the Education for All Act of 2007.

Around the world today, 77 million children of primary school age are out of school and 57 percent of them are girls. Millions more children are enrolled in school but do not receive a quality education and are at risk of dropping out.

Basic education for girls is an investment that yields many benefits. Women who have a basic education have lower HIV infection rates and earn more money; their children are also more likely to live past their fifth birthday and experience lower rates of malnutrition. This positive "multiplier effect" of basic education makes it a smart and strategic sector in which to invest increased U.S. foreign assistance.

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We signed the “Help the World Achieve Universal Education” petition!

# 9,864:

1:02 pm PDT, Oct 4, Debra Hayes, Illinois

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12:33 pm PDT, Sep 24, Jennifer Streeter, Arizona

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1:31 am PDT, Sep 12, Jaclyn Green, New Jersey

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8:48 am PDT, Sep 4, Sage Oswald, Canada

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7:04 am PDT, Sep 3, DERIC LANHAM, Kansas

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6:54 am PDT, Aug 30, Suvra Anita Das, United Kingdom

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8:28 pm PDT, Aug 29, Sarina Tanner, New York

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3:13 pm PDT, Aug 29, Pascal Delaunay, France
....yes, to many Childrens especialy Girls do not get any �ducation and creating more poorless.....Little Girl today is a Mother tomorrow.....we should not accepted in our little village called earth to have the "Humanity-canal" suffering with no �ducation.....not changing that today is continue to make a warly world for the futur generation....that and many other things make me deeply sade. (please be kind enought to escuse my stinky english!) Pascal

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1:46 pm PDT, Aug 29, Tabatha Sutherland, Canada

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1:23 pm PDT, Aug 29, Kristie Mehsling, Illinois

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1:08 pm PDT, Aug 29, Jessica Miller, Florida

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10:30 am PDT, Aug 29, Elizabeth Spawn, Minnesota

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7:52 pm PDT, Aug 28, Name not displayed, New York

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12:06 am PDT, Aug 28, Kelly Boyle, Arizona
Dear Sir/Mame What can we do as Americans to educate the world? Let's take a look at what Bill Gates is doing and others like him. Warren Buffet has donated his riches to Gates causes and they are trying to be an example to the world. The bi-partisan Education for All Act lays out a plan for U.S. involvement in making basic education an opportunity for all children around the world. I urge you support this goal by co-sponsoring the Education for All Act of 2007 - S.1259 in the Senate or H.R.2092 in the House. Sincerely, Kelly Boyle

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7:23 pm PDT, Aug 27, Lia Robb, Kansas

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6:00 pm PDT, Aug 27, Susan Marden, Maine

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11:53 am PDT, Aug 27, Name not displayed, Washington

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9:27 am PDT, Aug 27, Dora Kassis, Greece

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12:02 pm PDT, Aug 26, Candice Kenny, Virginia

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6:17 am PDT, Aug 26, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire

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5:37 am PDT, Aug 26, Kelly Kemp, California

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1:36 am PDT, Aug 26, Tamarah Swensen, Netherlands

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9:11 pm PDT, Aug 25, Moosa Ahmed Manik, Maldives

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11:14 am PDT, Aug 25, Colleen Adomaitis, Florida

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10:12 am PDT, Aug 25, Marly Pedersen, Alaska

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8:47 am PDT, Aug 25, Santosh Das, India
Yes Help the World Achieve Universal Education

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7:24 am PDT, Aug 25, Anna Johansson, Sweden

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6:48 am PDT, Aug 25, Christine Young, Connecticut

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3:32 am PDT, Aug 25, Magdalini Tsimpousli, Greece

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1:22 am PDT, Aug 25, Suzanne Burrall, California
You go girls! Get your education! Pull this world up by the bootsraps!

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1:08 am PDT, Aug 25, Gina Woods-Norris, California

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12:45 am PDT, Aug 25, Suzie Litton-Wood, United Kingdom
Every child, every person in the world has the right to education, to deny that right is a denial of basic human rights and is just as damaging as starvation and torture. Governments and regimes who prevent any part of their populous from learning, obviously have an aweful lot to fear....otherwise they would liberate their people with educaton!

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11:27 pm PDT, Aug 24, Inam Shqerat, Jordan
one hand can't applaud alone, one drop can make long wavelength...

# 9,831:

10:41 pm PDT, Aug 24, Patrick Petsche, North Carolina

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8:39 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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8:12 pm PDT, Aug 24, LuCy J Boogaard, Netherlands

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6:52 pm PDT, Aug 24, Elise Harrington, Canada

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5:31 pm PDT, Aug 24, Jennifer Tehani Sarreal, California

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5:29 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, Canada
The education of girls and women is tantamount to peace, health and prosperity around the world. How can change be provoked when half the world is uneducated and not permitted to have a voice?

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4:26 pm PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

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4:23 pm PDT, Aug 24, Julia Perry, Alabama
I lived in Riyadh as an Army officer's wife for two years. I have seen the results of this discrimination. These days, families do every- and any-thing they can to afford private instruction if they reside in an area that won't allow the female children into school. That stinks

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1:49 pm PDT, Aug 24, NEON JAVA, Washington D.C.
Equal rights to education for ALL females EVERYWHERE! Women without an education can only continue to propogate poverty, ignorance, and oppression. The hand that rocks the creadle rules the world. Don't forget it!

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1:37 pm PDT, Aug 24, Christine Racine, Maine

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10:58 am PDT, Aug 24, Patrick Mckee, Illinois

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10:56 am PDT, Aug 24, Name not displayed, North Carolina
There is no valid reason girls cannot receive the same opportunities as their brothers. If every person in the world gets at the very least a basic education, it will greatly improve the world's standard of living.

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8:04 am PDT, Aug 24, Lo Riviere, France

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7:21 am PDT, Aug 24, Noel Cielo, Hawaii

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5:34 am PDT, Aug 24, Libbee King, Australia

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4:11 am PDT, Aug 24, Vicky Van Den Broek, Canada

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10:35 pm PDT, Aug 23, Danielle Lewandowski, Maryland

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10:02 pm PDT, Aug 23, Shakira -, India
Education is a must for girls if countires whises to build a better society.

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9:37 pm PDT, Aug 23, Jes Fx, Colorado

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7:29 pm PDT, Aug 23, Stephanie Smith, Australia
Every human being of any age or race should be able to have an education. It is a shame that some children are un-able to get an education.

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2:42 pm PDT, Aug 23, Virginia Thaler, North Carolina

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1:05 pm PDT, Aug 23, Tulay Alper, Turkey
as a teacher I am really sorry for those who have no chance to get education. This is the biggest shame for human.

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12:10 pm PDT, Aug 23, Kitt Morris, Virginia

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11:49 am PDT, Aug 23, Vanessa Buck, Canada

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11:40 am PDT, Aug 23, Pascal Georges, France

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11:36 am PDT, Aug 23, Cheryl Norris, Texas

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11:33 am PDT, Aug 23, Magdalena Streb, Poland

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11:20 am PDT, Aug 23, Judyta Dymkowska, Poland

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4:00 am PDT, Aug 23, Cissy Sparrowette, Finland
As a teacher, this issue is very important for me. Everyone should be enabled to have a proper eduction.

# 9,802:

3:52 am PDT, Aug 23, Ayman Hamed Mahmoud, Egypt

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2:51 am PDT, Aug 23, Laura Campanelli, Florida

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