There are 58 million children around the world who are not able to go to school

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Why can’t they

go to school?

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Story from Department of Labour, India

CHILD LABOUR

REAL STORIES

Name Age Country

Gudiya

9 India

Gudiya is 9 years old. She used to love school. She was a very good student who worked hard and wanted to be a doctor when she grew up.

However, when Gudiya’s father died she had no other option but to drop out of school and earn money to help her family put food on the table.

She now works as a servant, cleaning dishes and doing chores in a rich man’s house so she can help provide for her family who are so poor that they have no choice.

This homework note came from her notebook 2 days after she was forced to leave school:

Today’s Home Work

1. Beg and collect 20 rupees from Mehrauli–Badarpur crossing 2. Clean and wash the dishes at Mrs. Sharma’s house

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Story from Plan International

CHILD MARRIAGE

REAL STORIES

Myness

15 Malawi

Myness lived with her grandmother in such extreme

poverty that they couldn’t even afford to buy soap to wash. When Myness was 13, her friend convinced her to marry a man much older than her who could afford to take care of her.

Myness believed this was the only option, swapping her school life so not to burden her grandmother with taking care of them both when they had such little money.

But after she married, life became even worse as her husband spent all the money he had on himself, and left her without food. Luckily her Grandmother sought help and Myness is now back at school learning to build herself a better future now free from her husband.

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DISCRIMINATION

REAL STORIES

In 2009 a Pakistani school girl called Malala Yousafzai wrote a diary for the BBC after she was forced out of school by the Taliban.

The Taliban are a group of people with extreme views and believe that women should not be educated after the age of eight. Malala was 11 years old when the Taliban took over her home town of Mingora, in Pakistan, and she and her friends were forced to leave school.

She decided to share her feelings and the injustice she felt in a diary.

From her diary – I am afraid – 3 January 2009

I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools. Only 11 students attended the class out of 27. The number decreased because of Taliban’s edict.”

Malala found a way to go to school against the Taliban’s wishes, but they found out and when she was just 15 Taliban boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. She was badly injured but she survived. Malala is now in school protected from any harm. Outside of school she is an activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner.

Malala

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When Mohammed was 15 years old, he and his four brothers, and two sisters were caught in the middle of a horrible conflict in their hometown.

Bombs and rockets went off without warning, shattering their town. Their father was injured when an explosion went off right next to their own home, smashing windows and the family car.

Mohammed’s school was closed despite important exams coming up. The family were trapped at home for weeks, unable to leave and see their friends.

When the violence calmed down, schools reopened but Mohammed’s school was very affected. The windows were

shattered, desks and chairs destroyed, broken toilets and nervous, distressed students. Even when peace was declared, parents were too scared to send their children back to school for fear of them being unsafe.

Mohammed explains his dreams for the future:

“I want to learn how to become a mechanical engineer and need teachers to do their best to help me. I dream that when the war ends, we will be able to go to school and play freely like other children.”

Story from UNICEF

REAL STORIES

CONFLICT

Mohammed

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Resources

Real story videos

Watch the video

Girl brides

The story of two sisters from Ghana

A film from CAMFED

Conflict, child labour, child marriage

Stories from Gaza, Sierra Leone

and Lebanon

Watch the video

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Afghanistan

4.2 million children

are out of school

Where are children out-of-school?

Pakistan

are out of school

India

are out of school

Sudan

are out of school

Nigeria

are out of school

28 million children

who are out-of-school live in conflict areas

14 million girls

under the age of 18 become brides each year and many are not in school

FIRST THE WORST!

31 million girls

are out-of-school

15 million children

are working and not in school

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How does education

make a difference?

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“One child, one teacher,

one book and one pen

can change the world.

Education is the only solution.

Education first.”

———

Malala Yousafzai

UN Youth Assembly, 2012

Watch a video

about Malala

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EDUCATION

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

REAL STORIES

As you heard in the film earlier, Christina

was forced out of her school in Sierra Leone

because her parents sold her into marriage,

against her will, to a man twice her age when

she was 13 years old.

She ran away from her husband and her

parents would not take her back.

Christina has now joined a community youth

group, where she met girls with a similar

experience. She has been able to go back to

school, and now fights to end child in Sierra

Leone, and around the world so other girls

have the chance to be educated and free.

Name Country

Christina

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Ojonwa

Nige�ia

This is Ojonwa from Nigeria in West Africa.

When she was a girl her parents were told

not to spend on education for her and her

four sisters because they were girls.

But her parents refused to give in to

pressure and were determined to give

their five daughters the education like

they had been able to have.

Ojonwa, now graduated from an

economics degree from Nigeria’s Bingham

University, gives her time, money, and

most importantly, her voice to make

certain that all children get an equal

chance of succeeding in life by getting

a quality education.

EDUCATION

MAKING A D

IFFERENCE

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Umai�

Pakistan

Umair is from Pakistan, and has seen young

child marriage in his family which has led him

to stand against this practice.

He has worked as a social worker, helping girls

to stand up for themselves and their rights.

Umair now has his own organisation spreading

awareness and helping young people have the

confidence to raise their voice and help stop

discrimination against young girls.

EDUCATION

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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What is

being done

to help the

out of school

children?

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In 2000, leaders from around the world

came together to set out the UN’s Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs), a set of goals to

achieve by 2015 to make efforts to meet the

needs of the world’s poorest.

One of the MDG’s was a promise to get every

child into school and learning by 2015. There

are still those 58 million children forced out of

school because of the issues you’ve learnt about –

child labour, child marriage and discrimination

and attacks on schools are on the increase.

We are now counting down to the UN General

Assembly in September 2015 when world leaders

will meet. Now is the time to increase pressure

and ensure the promise they made of education

for all is kept.

Together we must make 2015 the year every

child secures the right to learn.

Millennium

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Mongolia

There have been some

positive changes

Ghana

Burundi

No more school fees means more children can go to school

110 million children

out of school

58 million children

out of school

0 children

out of school

Bolivia

Introduced education in multiple languages so children can learn in their own language

Ethiopia

Nepal

Kenya

Malawi

Mozambique

No more school fees means more children can go to school Teachers move with nomadic communities so children can get an education without leaving their families

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When millions of voices join together they

can send a message that is hard to ignore.

There is a growing movement of people

from around the world coming together

demanding world leaders take action and

deliver EDUCATION FOR ALL.

To illustrate this movement the #UpForSchool

petition was launched. Collecting millions of

people’s signatures from all around the world

and bringing them together to make a

RECORD BREAKING petition.

The petition is building with young people

leading the way, supported by teachers, business

leaders, faith leaders, celebrities and charities.

The petition will be delivered to world leaders

at the United Nations General Assembly in

September 2015 demanding action.

People power influences decision makers – FACT.

What is being

done to help?

Watch a video

about Up For School

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How can building

a campaign

make positive

change?

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Drop the Debt 2000 was a global campaign

of national organisations and local groups

around the UK, calling for the unpayable debts

of the poorest countries to be cancelled.

Millions of people across the world supported

the campaign goal by signing their names, in

what became a record-breaking petition – with

more than 21 million signatures.

This led to world leaders the cancellation of

more than $100 billion of debt owed by 35 of

the poorest countries. These savings were used

to reduce poverty, and to fund health and

education programmes in many countries.

Drop the Debt 2000

See … PEOPLE POWER WORKS!

IN ACTION

SUCCESSFUL

CAMPAIGNING

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#UpForSchool petition

What is the problem?

58 million children are still not in school and learning.

Why has this happened?

Children are forced to work to help their families. Young girls are married or face discrimination. Many children live in the middle of a conflict.

Who can change this?

In 2000 world leaders signed an agreement that every child would be in school by 2015. This has not happened. We need to demand that it does.

How can we do this?

Gather as many signatures as possible, to build the

#UpForSchool petition. Creating a message that can’t be ignored.

When do we need to do this?

Now! We have very little time before September so need to start collecting now.

We can make a difference to the lives of 58 million children

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What is happening

around the world?

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Kenya

In Kenya at the start of December, the Kibera School for Girls helped collect 8,500 signatures from across the biggest urban township in Nairobi. To celebrate this overwhelming achievement, nearly 1,000 people, including schoolchildren, teachers and parents, joined up and marched together, standing up for the rights of children all over the world.

LOCATION Nairobi EVENT March

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UK

The #UpForSchool youth rally in London was attended by young people, teachers and education activists. Inspirational speakers included Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and Gordon Brown, former British prime minister and the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education. This event was attended by 15 schools from across the UK, all whom have signed up to take part in the 1,000 signature challenge.

LOCATION London EVENT Youth Rally

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Norway

In November, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to children’s campaigners and A World at School supporters Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. Malala and Kailash received their awards at a ceremony in Oslo on December 10. An hour before the ceremony, 6000 children celebrated the pair’s awards at the Peace Party held by Save The Children. Malala and Kailash were greeted with rapturous applause when they took to the stage outside the Nobel Peace Center. The Norwegian schoolchildren used the moment to call for action on global education and mark their support for the #UpForSchool Petition.

LOCATION Oslo

EVENT Peace Party

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India

10,000 children march in Delhi to back the #UpForSchool campaign and call on the Indian government to spend more on education and health. The annual Public Day rally on 2 February attracted children and activists from across India to highlight demands for children’s rights.

LOCATION Delhi EVENT Rally

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DRC

Hundreds of young people joined the prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo and leading United Nations figures at the country’s launch of the #UpForSchool Petition. More than 20,000 Congolese youth have already signed the petition and youth ambassadors in DRC plan to collect one million signatures. Of the 58 million children denied their right to education around the world, 3.5 million of them are in the central African country.

LOCATION Kinshasa

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USA

In the same week as the United Nations General Assembly in September 2013, the #UpForSchool campaign was launched with a youth rally in New York. More than 300 youth activists demanded that world leaders act to keep their promise of universal education by the end of 2015. They were joined by some big names on the world stage – including Graca Machel and Gordon Brown.

LOCATION New York EVENT #UFS Launch

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You can change the outcome

for the millions of out of school children

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I’m #UpForSchool

1 Sign the petition

upforschool.org

Use the #UpForSchool

petition form

Set yourself a target of how many signatures you can collect. Download it here.

Work together

Collect as a class, as a school, with neighbouring schools, with family.

Think Big!

Where can you get the most signatures, and how can you get them? How can you be creative to secure the

signatures to reach your target?

Set yourself a deadline

Send in the petitions

Tell us where you are and we can tell you where to send them. Email info@aworldatschool.org