Campaign blog entries tagged with 'education'

Send my friend to school – Jan 28

Way back in 2000, world leaders promised to get all children into school, receiving a quality education by 2015. Some progress has been made, but with just 6 years... more

Tags: Big Read education For all GCE Global campaign for Education Send my friend sendmyfriend .

Teachers and pupils set World Record – May 8

We're over the moon to report that two weeks ago, 7.5 million children and adults in more than 100 countries set a new World Record by taking part in the... more

Tags: Education World's Biggest Lesson .

Countdown to World's Biggest Lesson – Apr 16

Though it is generally accepted that lower class sizes are better, this rule-of-thumb will be thrown out of the window for one day only next week, when teachers and school... more

Tags: Education Gordon Brown Health and Education Send My friend World's Biggest Lesson .

When is a promise not a promise? – Apr 8

We all break promises every now and then. There can't be that many of us out there who've promised to show up for a friend's birthday, or a get-together... more

Tags: Development Ministers meeting education for all G8 health Health and Education .

Wanted: knitting activists to demonstrate some purling power – Mar 17

Update As fellow knitters, we'd love it if you came along and had a look at the fantastic work that knitters up and down the country have grafted.Join us for... more

Tags: education health knit knitting leeds .

Poorer if you're a woman? – Mar 7

We live in an unequal world. There is wealth everywhere, but millions of people still go hungry, don't have access to education, or die of diseases we can prevent.... more

Tags: education health international women day .

Thousands of carnations to mark World AIDS Day – Dec 3

If you saw the news last weekend, read a paper, or logged on to the Web, you'll have struggled to miss the coverage of the 20th World AIDS Day, which... more

Tags: Education Health HIV World AIDS Day .