Global Action Week 2007 � Education for All

Campaigners from over 100 countries have been preparing for the upcoming GCE Global Action Week. Under the theme Education is a human right, we will see millions of people join up and form chains in classrooms, workplaces and public spaces all over the world. Here are just a few of the highlights that are coming up!

Children and adults are JOINING up across Spain more than 400 schools and monuments in over 40 cities will be encircled by human chains and giant puppets and wearing Education for All bibs made in their schools. Each chain will have post-it notes reminding leaders to �Keep their promises on EFA by 2015�.

Throughout Africa campaigners are JOINING UP. A human chain is crossing the boarders stretching all the way from Farafenni city in the Gambia all the way to Koalack city in the Senegal. In everyone one of DRC�s 11�s provinces children and adults are forming people chains for Education. And in Rwanda children are performing to MPs and officials as they return back to school. Among the VIPs to go to school is the Educaiton Minister, Jeanne d'Arc, who will be questioned by the school pupils.

Bangladesh is storming ahead with their Action Week plans loads of exciting activities locally including JOIN UP events with photo petitions, street drama, painting competitions and much more.

In Manila, Philippines, A candle-lighting ceremony is just one of the many join up events happening during action week. And education will be in the spotlight at a concert and human chain event in Guatamala on the 27th April.

Keep an eye on HYPERLINK

http://www.campaignforeducation.org/action/2007/action.html www.campaignfor education.org/action/2007/action.html for updates.

Please send us details of the plans for your country so that we can share the information with other countries and on GCE website

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