#UpForSchool Launched in London

This week A World at School launched the #UpForSchool petition in the UK with a youth rally at London国产视频檚 Southbank Centre.

Key speakers included Nobel Laureate Kailash Sayarthi, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown, ODI Executive Director Kevin Watkins and Camfed founder and President Ann Cotton OBE. They joined hundreds of youth activists and school children to call for a quality education for the 58 million children who are still out of school.

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Head over to the聽A World at School website聽to read the live blog of the rally. And don国产视频檛 forget to sign the聽#UpForSchool听辫别迟颈迟颈辞苍!