Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser, UN SDG advocate and Founder and Chairperson of Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, alongside partners, announces that 10 million out of school children in some of the most challenging situations around the world, will receive quality primary education.
With a total of over $1.8 billion invested to reach the milestone, Educate a Child, a programme of EAA, has already enrolled over 6 million children worldwide in areas affected by poverty, discrimination, natural disaster, and conflict. Securing commitments to reach 10 million fulfils Sheikha Moza’s 2012 promise and demonstrates that progress is possible, even amid the worsening education crisis.
The event brings together high-level attendees such as the President of Ghana, Mr. Nana Akufo-Addo, model and philanthropist, Ms. Naomi Campbell, as well as international and local NGOs, development agencies, development banks, governments and private sector companies from countries as widespread as Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Palestine, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.