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CONTACT: Mike Kelleher at mkelleher1@globalpartnership.org
 
Doha, Qatar- The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) today announced an agreement with Educate A Child, a new initiative by Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser aimed at helping all the world’s children achieve a quality education.
 
GPE and Educate A Child will collaborate initially in three countries, Chad, Sudan and South Sudan to help enroll 680,000 more children in school, building on GPE’s support to education in those countries.  Further collaboration in additional countries is expected in 2013.
 
“The Global Partnership for Education is delighted to be working with Her Highness Sheikha Mosa and her important Educate a Child initiative” said Carol Bellamy, Chair of the GPE Board, in Doha today.  “Educate a Child will make a valuable contribution to our shared goal of seeing more children in school for a good quality education. Sudan, South Sudan and Chad require significant additional education support and we are delighted that Educate a Child has included them in their first round of funding.”

Educate A Child is working with a number of partner organizations to support innovative methods of bringing education to the hardest-to-reach children, especially those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disaster.
 
“I would like to congratulate Her Highness Sheikha Moza for her global leadership in the field of education and for her tireless efforts as a United Nations Millennium Development Goal Advocate” said Carol Bellamy.
 
For more information please visit www.educateachild.org.qa or www.globalpartnership.org