{"id":49610,"date":"2018-05-01T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=49610"},"modified":"2018-07-27T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T21:10:20","slug":"sdg-advocates-unite-to-celebrate-major-milestone-in-empowering-10-million-marginalized-out-of-school-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2018\/05\/sdg-advocates-unite-to-celebrate-major-milestone-in-empowering-10-million-marginalized-out-of-school-children\/","title":{"rendered":"SDG Advocates unite to celebrate major milestone in empowering 10 million marginalized out of school children"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SDG advocate Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser joins SDG advocates and ±¬ÁÏÍø Secretary-General <\/em>Ant\u00f3nio<\/em> Guterres to celebrate an important milestone in addressing a growing global challenge.\u00a0The Education Above All Foundation, founded by her Highness, aims to help 10 million children receive a quality education.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, ±¬ÁÏÍø SDG Advocate and Founder and Chairperson of Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, announced last week in New York that 10 million of the most marginalized children worldwide will receive a quality education through EAA\u2019s Educate A Child programme, a major milestone towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

Her Highness joined other SDG advocates, including co-chair H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, Forest Whittaker, Founder and CEO of the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative, and Ambassador Dho Young-Shim, Chairperson of the United Nations World Tourism Organization\u2019s Sustainable Tourism for Eliminating Poverty (ST-EP) Foundation, to mark this achievement and demonstrate that real progress is possible through collaborative efforts.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the high-profile event, held at the New York Public Library on Friday 27 April, United Nations Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ant\u00f3nio Guterres stressed the power of education, saying, \u201c<\/strong>Our dream of a sustainable future cannot be realized if we do not support children\u2019s dreams to gain an education.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her Highness Shiekha Moza, and Antonio Guterres, were also joined by Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, and Henreitte Fore, Executive Director of ±¬ÁÏÍøICEF. During the high-level panel discussion, Henrietta Fore spoke about Education Above All\u2019s achievement, saying \u201cEducation is the opportunity that lies before the world today\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sheikha Moza also called for more partners to replicate and scale up EAA\u2019s successful formula.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is not a safe place, yet\u2026 Millions of children are still waiting and in desperate need of our help. Let\u2019s work together to ensure a better future for all of them and for the world we share. Believe me, it is possible,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

In support of the event, Ms. Shakira Mebarak, artist, SDG Advocate and founder of Pies Descalzos Foundation, and ±¬ÁÏÍøICEF Goodwill Ambassador recorded a short video message, congratulating Education Above All on its achievement.<\/p>\n

According to ±¬ÁÏÍøESCO, the total number of primary age out of school children is now 63 million.\u00a0 Educate A Child, a programme of Education Above All, working with partners, has already enrolled 6.6 million out of school children around the world facing a number of barriers to education, such as poverty, discrimination, natural disaster and conflict.\u00a0 EAA has now secured the remaining commitments necessary to reach over 10 million children.<\/p>\n

EAA believes that protecting education is essential to achieving SDG 4 \u201cEnsure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all\u201d and contributing to the broader 2030 Agenda and human development. The provision of education has to be supplemented by protection of education and prevention of war, conflict and insecurity.<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Photographs attached.
\n\u2022 Video featuring Shakira Mebarak available here<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Video of the event available here<\/a>.
\n\u2022 Visit educationaboveall.org<\/a>, follow us on Twitter @EAA_Foundation<\/a>, Facebook and Instagram @educationaboveall_eaa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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