Sign the Petition to Support the Global Campaign for Education.Tell World Leaders: Keep Your Promise by NetAid 12:32pm 13th May, 2003   Global Campaign for Education    Tell World Leaders: Keep Your Promise to Support Universal Education!    In 2002, during what is known internationally as the G8 Summit, eight of the world's most powerful countries promised to provide the needed resources for the Education for All Fast Track Initiative, which will help the most vulnerable countries enroll all girls and boys into school by 2015. So far, little has been done to fulfill this promise.    At the next G8 Summit in June, leaders from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and Russia must be reminded of their promise. Demand that the G8 countries renew their commitment to making universal education a top priority.    Join NetAid and the Global Campaign for Education in our appeal to the G8 countries. By signing the petition below, you will be renewing your commitment to girls' education. The petition will be delivered to the G8 countries when they meet again this June.    Petition to the G8 Countries:    To the leaders of the world’s most powerful countries:    On 9 April, 2003, almost 1.5 million people around the world joined in solidarity to promote universal education. This worldwide community of people, spanning over 100 countries, is calling on world leaders to end poverty by helping children—boys and girls—complete their primary education by 2015.    In 2002 at the G8 Summit in Canada, you committed to provide funds to help the poorest countries fulfill every child's dream to attend school through the Education for All Fast Track Initiative. A year later, total G8 aid for basic education still amounts to less than the cost of one Stealth Bomber.    We are asking you to keep the promise you made to help ensure that 115 million children living in the world's poorest countries are in school by 2015—and make real steps toward ending world poverty.    Click on the link below to sign the petition Visit the related web page
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