Together with A World at School, Gordon Brown's Office, Plan International and RESULTS, Global Poverty Project campaigned to fully replenish the Global Partnership for Education

WHAT'S THE ISSUE?

Everyone has the right to a quality education. Yet, across the developing world, 57 million children are still out of primary school.

Global Partnership for Education (GPE) brings together developing country governments with donor country governments, teachers, companies, and nonprofits, to pool resources and knowledge in support of education. GPE has already helped to get nearly 22 million children into school!

HOW DID GLOBAL CITIZENS RESPOND?

Global citizens know that getting kids into school is key to ending extreme poverty by 2030. We created a petition asking world leaders to support and fund GPE. So far, over 27,000 global citizens have signed the petition and raised their voices in support of universal access to education!

Last week Global Poverty Project held a Day of Action and global citizens across the United States tweeted @RajShah and @USAIDeducation to ask USAID to fund GPE!

WHAT'S THE IMPACT

After our Day of Action Raj Shah, the Administrator of USAID, tweeted to thank global citizens for getting involved!

Then, on May 12, the Global Poverty Project team went to Capitol Hill to speak with US leaders about the importance of GPE. They were joined by Khadim Hussain, an education advocate from Pakistan. The team handed over the petition and shared your voices with leaders. Here is the GPP team with Khadim Hussain and a staffer from the Office of Congressman Enyart.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

On June 26 world leaders will gather together to make pledges in support of increased access to education. The Global Poverty Project team will continue meeting with our leaders to ensure that the United States commits to providing $125 million annually over two years for the GPE. Please continue to take action at globalcitizen.org/FundTheFuture!

Impact

Defeat Poverty

Global Citizens demand action on US support for GPE replenishment