On 10 July 2016 at 14:54, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britain-to-help-175000-girls-in-worlds-poorest-countries-get-an-education > > The Department for International Development (DFID) will provide £100 > million through the Girls’ Education Challenge to help girls who have > dropped out or never attended school due to family crises, poverty, child > marriage or early pregnancy. The funding will also be used to continue the > Girls’ Education Challenge’s support for 1 million disadvantaged girls > across the developing world. > > Statement of action: > > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/girls-education-forum-statement-of-action >
Thanks for sharing Sean! The most relevant part of this I could find was in https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536300/Commitments_in_support_of_the_GEF_Statement_of_Action.pdf : Vodafone reiterates its commitment to use mobile technology to bring education to refugee girls, reaching a potential 3 million young people in refugee camps across Vodafone countries of operation by 2020 (HeforShe commitment). Vodafone will do this in two ways: (i) Building schools in refugee camps: Vodafone has established 20 Instant Network schools providing internet connectivity, power, tablets, mobile content and teacher training in Kenya, DRC and South Sudan. (ii) Vodafone is launching the Vodafone Instant Schools for Africa initiative this Autumn, providing millions of young people in DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania with free access to digital education resources developed by Learning Equality. I wonder how to contact them to learn what their requirements would be to use Sugar in these schools... I found that the Director of the Vodafone Foundation is Andrew Dunnett who appears to own the https://twitter.com/vodafonefdn account so tweeted to him - https://twitter.com/davelab6/status/752320606646001664 - and I'll follow up if I hear back :) Ps. I noticed that http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/foundation.html has their Mission Statement which I thought was insightful for our big discussion: Through a unique network of 27 local Foundations and social investment programmes, Vodafone invests in the communities in which it operates. The Vodafone Foundations are committed to connecting communities around the world to improve lives. The underlying belief of the Foundations is that connectivity drives change. The Vodafone Foundations use the companies charitable giving, their fundraising capability and privileged access to Vodafone networks, technology, customers and employees to connect people with the necessary tools to make a difference in the world.
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