Camfed – Education Will Change Everything!

by Anna Claubaugh and Haley Priebe

Cheers to Camfed for their most recent call to action! Giving voice to many young female students, Camfed’s short video proclaims, “Educate me. I will change the world!”

Camfed (Campaign for Female Education), an innovative education and women’s empowerment organization in sub-saharan Africa, shares 10×10′s belief that education can change everything! With the impact of education on health, economics, and the next generation in mind, Camfed takes a holistic approach to educating girls. They not only pay the tuition fees of girls who are identified by their communities as the most in need; they also mentor and support the girls from primary school through adulthood, offering them business training, small grants, and a supportive alumni network. CONTINUE READING

Global Campaign For Education: An International Movement!

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Global Campaign for Education’s Global Action Week is in full swing, and 10×10 is excited that this year’s focus in educating women and girls! Since 2002, GCE has rallied millions of people from around the world to call on leaders to take action on the UN Millennium Development Goal to achieve Education for every man, woman, and child by 2015.

Right now, 67 million children and 759 million adults are missing out – and two thirds of them are women and girls.

Not only does everyone deserve a quality education; education for women and girls brings huge benefits to their families, communities, and countries.
- The child of a literate mother is 50% more likely to live past the age of 5.
- Girls with basic education are three times less likely to contract HIV/AIDS.
- It costs developing countries $92 billion a year, which is roughly the amount of aid sent annually to these countries.

Around the world, many people have already taken action. For example, the National Campaign for Education India has collected stories of 10 extraordinary women and girls whose lives have changed because of education. These women and girls are going to meet the President of India and tell their stories before members of parliament. In Afghanistan, the Movement for Support Quality Education in Afghanistan has invited top government officials, including the President, students, and citizens to a national advocacy event in Kabul.

Over 100 countries have committed to Education for All, and it is our job to hold them to this promise.

Take your first action this week!

SIGN the petition, which will be handed to world leaders.

ADD your Big Story, and tell us why you think education for women and girls is important.

SHARE your support for the campaign on Facebook.

TWITTER follow us Twitter: @globaleducation, or tweet with #ActionWeek

GO to a Global Action Week event in your country: check the list to see what’s happening.

WATCH our film ‘Make It Right For Girls’ and share the link with your friends.

Watch "No Woman, No Cry" on OWN this weekend

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This Mother’s day, take action to help mothers everywhere. Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) celebrates mothers around the world with extraordinary moms like Christy Turlington Burns.  Her documentary No Woman, No Cry premieres on OWN this weekend. The film is about maternal mortality worldwide and tells the personal stories of pregnant women and their caregivers in four countries as they try to avoid becoming maternal mortality statistics.

Christy Turlingon Burns, Director of "No Woman, No Cry"

This week, 10×10 attended a screening where Christy and a panel of maternal health experts discussed the film, the campaign, and what can be done to make a real change for the lives of mothers everywhere. They discussed how vital education is to help these mothers and their children survive. Christy’s closing remarks reiterated how “education is the key” to reducing maternal mortality rates worldwide.

Show your support for empowering girls and women by tuning in and watching No Woman, No Cry.  Better yet, Christy’s organization, Every Mother Counts, invites you and your friends and family to host a No Woman, No Cry viewing party! Get your ‘watch party’ kit here and start the conversation on how to improve the lives of girls and women all over the world.
No Woman, No Cry premieres on the OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network for Mother’s Day:


May 7th at 9:30pm ET

May 8th at 1:00pm ET

Last-minute Mother's Day gifts from World Vision

Still looking for a gift for Mom?

10×10 partner World Vision is featuring some special gifts that are great for Mom (or any other important woman in your life). Check out their gifts that benefit innovative World Vision programs worldwide.


With a gift of $85 or more to the World Vision Maximum Impact Fund — which provides for the unique needs of children and families worldwide — you’ll receive a beautiful cream-colored scarf, hand-woven and dyed through a World Vision income-generating program for women in Thailand. This scarf is both a stylish wardrobe choice and an investment in impoverished communities around the world. $40 buys a beautiful Thai bracelet.

Any gift will arrive with a beautiful card explaining the impact of the donation for girls and families worldwide. They may arrive after Sunday – but they’re a great way to show that you care about Mom.

10×10 in Mumbai: The Door-Step School

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It was in the streets of Mumbai, of all places, that the 10×10 team met Texan Ami Vaghani. They say things are big in Texas, but Mumbai surely has the Lone Star state beat. With nearly 20.5 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous city in the world.  50% of Mumbai residents live on the city’s streets or in slums, where extreme poverty makes the playing field very uneven for Mumbai’s children. Despite the passage of India’s Right to Education (RTE) ACT, which requires free and compulsory education for all children ages 6-14, thousands upon thousands of Mumbai’s street children do not attend school. They must work to earn money for their family, or tend to younger siblings while their parents work.

Facts like this don’t sit well with people like recent college graduate Ami, who decided to delay her career to flex her philanthropic muscle abroad. She chose India, where the need is great and where she has family roots. While searching online for NGOs to contact for volunteer opportunities, she encountered Door Step School, an innovative organization working in Mumbai and Pune, India. Door Step School conducts classes for out-of-school and working children (7 to 18 years of age) residing in slums and on the pavement. With the introduction of the “School on Wheels” buses (there are currently 4 operating) Door Step has come closer to fulfilling one of its major objectives: making basic education easily accessible to working children who don’t have access to a regular school. Buses are converted into classrooms which travel to the “doorsteps” of street children, who are invited aboard to learn to read, write, and to develop an appreciation for education.

To learn more about Door Step School, or to register to volunteer yourself, visit: www.doorstepschool.org

Global Campaign for Education: Global Action Week!

by Joanna Kuebler, Director of Global Campaign for Education US

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Right now, in developing nations worldwide, nearly 70 million children are denied access to education. Right now, more than half of those children are girls. Right now, hundreds of millions of women around the globe can’t read this sentence.

Investing in quality basic education in developing nations can reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS by 700,000 a year. Investing in education can increase economic growth to ensure communities can lift themselves out of poverty.

Despite these facts, right now, investing in education is not a U.S. global development priority.

This week is Global Action Week, a world-wide effort to ensure access to Education for All. From the U.S. to the U.K., from Bangladesh to Brazil, education advocates from nations around the world are speaking out for Education for All. The theme of this year’s Global Action Week is ensuring access to education for women and girls.  Check out the global campaign website. CONTINUE READING

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