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The has been signed by more than five million people who care about getting an education for all children around the world.

More than 120,000 of those names have been gathered by A World at SchoolÂ鶹APP™s amazing network of Â鶹APP“ 500 passionate youth leaders in 85 countries.

Our GYAs in Africa have been working hard in the past few weeks to spread the #UpForSchool Petition Â鶹APP“ which demands that world leaders keep their promise to get every child into school. HereÂ鶹APP™s a roundup of some of their activities.

LIBERIA

More than 1000 students from 10 high schools in Monrovia were at the #UpForSchool Petition launch.

It was attended by national stakeholders and government officials and four Liberian GYAs Â鶹APP“ Beyan Flomo Pewee, Moses Browne, Trokon Bosco Wlehyoue and Emma Metieh Glasco.

The objective is to collect more than one million signatures from students, teachers, business people, faith-based organisations and ordinary Liberians.

Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender, Child Protection and Social Development, told the event: Â鶹APPœWe are excited to launch such a great petition from the young people of Liberia advocating for education for all. We are in full support of this and will encourage every Liberian to sign.Â鶹APP�

LiberiaÂ鶹APP™s Early Childhood Education and Development Minister Felicia Doe Sumah said: Â鶹APPœThis is a worthwhile initiative from the youth and students of Liberia, especially the commitment from the GYAs. We will use all of our existing local education structures to ensure that every student signs the petition.Â鶹APP�

CAMEROON

and held an event with the Sunday School children of Light World Mission Church. 

He said: Â鶹APPœI am standing up as an A World at School Global Youth Ambassador to bring an end to the barriers preventing girls and boys from going to school, including forced work and early marriage, conflict and attacks on schools, exploitation and discrimination. All children deserve the opportunity to learn and achieve their potential.Â鶹APP�

NIGERIA

°Õ³ó±ðÌý founded by Global Youth Ambassador  Â鶹APP“ in partnership with the Edmond Tiku Foundation Â鶹APP“ is standing #UpForSchool.

Joy said: Â鶹APPœTuran District is in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. Poor people here earn less than a dollar per day.

Â鶹APPœThe 78% illiteracy rate is partly because of a shortage of education facilities, with 69% having their classes under trees. Girls drop out of school, especially when they reach puberty age due to lack of sanitary facilities. 

Â鶹APPœChildren who manage to learn in these conditions do not even have writing materials or basic textbooks to read. This motivated me to take up this project of providing writing materials and textbooks for the children.Â鶹APP�

DRC

Global Youth Ambassadors in the Democratic Republic of Congo were invited to attend the Countdown to Peace Day Forum organised by the international organisation Peace One Day in Kinshasa. It featured several members of the Congolese government, officials from United Nations agencies, religious groups, civil society and artists.

GYA Clareine NÂ鶹APP™lambi Nzeza said: Â鶹APPœWe were honoured to have managed to get the signatures of two great personalities Â鶹APP“ the founder of Peace One Day, Jeremy Gilley, and the famous coach of the Congolese national football team, Florent Ibenge.

Â鶹APPœWe took advantage of the occasion to talk about the petition to participants, who encouraged us in our struggle for education. At the end of the forum, we collected 186 signatures.Â鶹APP�

Clareine wrote a blog for A World at School recently about taking the #UpForSchool Petition to a school in Kinshasa.

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