Read the story so far and find out how you have made Send My Friend to School the biggest ever children’s campaign action:
- Global Campaign for Education is set up
- Figures show 100 million children are not able to go to school
- World leaders promise to deliver free, primary education for all children by 2015
- A world record broken - two million people took part in ‘Girls Education: The Biggest Lesson’ as part of the campaign - watch the film
- Two and a half million campaigners, young and old, target heads of state, dignitaries and officials in the ‘World’s Biggest Ever Lobby’
- Send My Friend to School launches and 7,000 schools take part
- Schools make over one million cut-out buddies to represent children who miss out on school
- Make Poverty History runs throughout the year
- At the G8 in June, world leaders promise to cancel debts owed by 18 of the poorest countries and give more money for education
- The Democratic Republic of Congo becomes the 14th African country to abolish school fees
- Send My Friend to School launches My Friend Needs a Teacher
- 8,000 schools take part and make cut-out teachers
- UK government promises extra funding to education worldwide
- Send My Friend to School launches JOIN UP!
- Children from 11 countries went to the European Parliament, to make the first JOIN UP chain in 2007. They asked political representatives to increase aid to education so that all children could go to school.
- Over one million children JOINED UP to form the world’s longest chain – read more [link to Global campaign]
- In Sierra Leone a new plan to make sure all girls have primary schooling is put in place
- Send My Friend to School ’08 is launched
- New figures published show 72 million miss out on school – a fantastic reduction of 28 million in 8 years, but not enough to meet the 2015 target
- We continue with the campaign and keep up the pressure on world leaders to keep their promises
- All children go to school … But only if we get things right now
How does your school fit into the chain of events? Find out how you can take part in 2008.
