On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, Michelle Obama announced a new private funding for her programme “Let Girls Learn” and urged girls all across the globe to be hungry for education.
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On the occasion of International Day of the Girl, Michelle Obama announced a new private funding for her programme, “Let Girls Learn” and urged girls all across the globe to be hungry for education, not to fear failure and to do what they can to help each other. The White House used the occasion to announce that “Let Girls Learn” has collected $5 million from the private sector.
“Let Girls Learn” was launched in the year 2015 with an objective of breaking down the barriers that keep female children and teens from getting an education, which go from the cost of studies to the fear of being kidnapped or abused at school. According to the White House, around 62 million girls worldwide do not attend school and that makes them more vulnerable to diseases like AIDS, or to being forced into marriage and suffering other forms of violence.
During an interactive chat with teenage girls that was held at the Washington Newseum in coordination with Glamour magazine, she said, ”We have all this technology, all these tools. Use them to educate yourselves and reach out to girls around the world. Don’t just Snapchat what you’re eating; use that tool to impart knowledge, to share wisdom, to share your story and spread the word.”
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She also warned against underestimating the value of education for girls in rich countries like the US, because in many parts of the world girls are “willing to give their life, they are literally dying trying to get the education that many of us take for granted,” EFE news reported.
The result in so many places is that life is never as easy for women as it is for men – but the hope for the future lies exactly with the girls she was talking to: “You all are the ones that are going to change that culture, because you’re going to raise your girls with a different understanding of why education is important,” Obama said.
“More than 62 million girls around the world are counting on us to be their voice, and I intend to continue speaking out on their behalf – not just for the rest of my time as first lady but for the rest of my life,” Michelle Obama added.
source”cnbc”