Fifa's Global Ambitions
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
No-one in their right mind is going to try to argue against the aim of getting 75 million children into education when they are currently denied the opportunity. Of course not.
That outcome is the target of Fifa's 1Goal project, launched to a fanfare of publicity by bona fide royalty (and its footballing equivalent) at Wembley stadium last week.
Gary Lineker stood alongside Queen Rania of Jordan (the 75th most powerful woman in the world, according to Forbes magazine) and hammered home the message that education should be a birthright.
They also emphasised that governments which had committed to the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals should now make good on promises to give all children an education by 2015.
The 1Goal project is focused on next year's World Cup, so expect to see it promoted around the stadiums in South Africa and to hear its advocates - such as Britain's most cerebral footballer, David James - talk about why you should be signing up to support it.
Read at GR Blog
posted @ 10:27 AM,
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