lLiberian youth ambassador Moses helps to collect 75,000 #UpForSchool signatures
Campaigns
Moses promotes the #UpForSchool Petition in Liberia
All of our Global Youth Ambassadors are inspiring people. These 500 young education activists in 85 countries are passionate and tireless as they spread the A World at School message of education for all in their communities and schools.
Moses Owen Browne Jr is one of our GYAs in Liberia 国产视频 a country still getting back on its feet after the deadly Ebola outbreak that killed thousands of people and shut down schools for months.聽
But Moses was inspired to take the #UpForSchool Petition 国产视频 which calls on world leaders to keep their promise to get every child into school 国产视频 to as many people as possible. It国产视频檚 a message especially relevant in Liberia, where more than one million children are still out of school.
Incredibly, the 29-year-old 国产视频 working with our eight other GYAs in the country 国产视频 collected more than 75,000 signatures to contribute to the total of more than nine million names from across the world. He engaged businesses, media and community radio stations to take the petition to 13 of Liberia国产视频檚 15 counties.
Moses, a Media and Communications Manager with Plan International Liberia 国产视频 said: 国产视频淲e worked along with local leaders, town chiefs, school administrators and the students国产视频 leadership to educate them better about the campaign and the benefits.
Moses travels by river to reach one of the rural communities
国产视频淭he involvement of youth journalists has been pioneered by A World at School国产视频檚 Liberia Team. We worked tirelessly with several community-based organisations and civil society movements to help us reach remote areas and tell them about the #UpForSchool campaign.国产视频
Madeline Serena, who heads the Global Youth Ambassador programme, said: 国产视频淪ince all of our GYAs are so amazing and continually humble me with their passion and resourcefulness in the name of global education, it is rare that someone surprises me with their efforts.
国产视频淏ut Moses is one of the people who continually amazes me. He has led our #UpForSchool Petition in Liberia and with only eight other GYAs they have collected over 75,000 signatures.
国产视频淢oses never tires or stops when confronted with setbacks 国产视频 he just finds a way to move forward. While having a full-time job, he still organises education advocacy events at least monthly. Moses is truly extraordinary and inspires me to work harder for those who aren国产视频檛 in school.国产视频
Collecting all those signatures isn国产视频檛 the end of Moses国产视频檚 ambitions. He said: 国产视频淚n 10 years, I should be Liberia国产视频檚 next education minister, sitting over and driving the policy decisions in the education sector to benefit every single child.国产视频
You can read a blog by Moses about how the #UpForSchool Petition signatures were collected in Liberia 国产视频 along with many more pictures.
More news