Diplomat Artist Buzz: Two years earlier, Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey’s class at Montclair State University produced a video asking then what has now become the key to the answer: “Is Education a Human Right?”
Syria, Ukraine, Gaza, Nigeria, Central African Republic- Across the globe, schools should be zones of peace & safe havens where children learn without fear of death or injury. Education is a basic human right.
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British actor Idris Elba – whose family is from Sierra Leone – spoke of his commitment to galvanize support for the response & commended health workers who are daily risking their lives on the ground, but said “We need more, we need more people.”
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Day of African Child, 16 June, each year honors memory of school children killed in 1976 during demonstration in Soweto, South Africa. They were protesting inferior education by apartheid administration & demanding lessons in own language. This year, the kidnapped Nigerian school girls are remembered worldwide.
Agriculture – Engine of Growth To Eradicating Hunger in Africa
Graziano da Silva, Dr. Gen. of FAO, said: “There is no inclusive & sustainable way forward for Africa without women, youth & agriculture.” “The 21st Century is Africa’s Century, & it starts with ending hunger.”