Children in Need

Take Action for Education

The greatest football tournament in the world gets underway tomorrow. There is something positive we can do to create a lasting legacy that could see millions more kids receive an education...

South African President Jacob Zuma has just announced that he will hold a global leadership summit during the World Cup. The aim? Push leaders to give the 72 million children still out of school an education by 2015. Something that’s not hard to support. So ONE is teaming up with 1GOAL, bringing together footballers and fans, to give world leaders the extra kick needed to make it happen.

Please join millions of people around the world by taking action.  Make sure to write your own personal message with the petition as 1GOAL will be delivering these ‘yellow cards’ to world leaders on 7th July.

Sign the petition and give your yellow card here.

Since 2000, 42 million more children are in school thanks to effective aid and other policies. As the world turns its attention to Africa for the first football World Cup held on the continent, let’s enjoy the game and help give every child a basic education.

Now wouldn’t that be a legacy for the World Cup.

Thanks for joining in.

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Help Children in Need...

With parents struggling to make ends meet on a few dollars a day, it is all too common for impoverished children to go to bed hungry. Their bare, calloused feet, dirt-caked faces and tattered clothes tell their story of struggle. For many, education is considered a luxury. Lacking such things as school supplies or uniforms can keep a poor child from attending school. Oftentimes, medical and dental care is unavailable or difficult to access, let alone afford.  Simple ailments like diarrhea can be deadly when you are a poor child. 

Read more and learn how your free clicks through Care2 help donate funds towards the Children International's sponsorship programme. 

These one-to-one sponsorship programmes give children in need the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty and realize their full potential and receive life-changing assistance in areas such as:

• Health: access to a doctor, dentist, vaccines and medicine;
• Education: uniforms and school supplies, tuition assistance, access to libraries and tutoring;
• Nutrition: malnutrition screenings, feeding programs, supplements and educational programmes;
• Youth: peer education, leadership and vocational training, civic responsibility and scholarships;
• Community: clean-water initiatives, sanitary latrines and micro-enterprise programmes and grants; and,
• Family: household items, income-generation programmes, educational opportunities and housing and home-repair assistance.