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Take Action

Individuals can support Let Girls Learn through the following: Timeline of notable U.S. events and demonstrations
 * Assisting Peace Corps Volunteers with community based projects
 * Donating to Peace Corps’ Let Girls Learn Fund
 * Support the Global Book Alliance
 * Watch We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World, a film about girls overcoming incredible odds to achieve their educations, with contributions from First Lady Michelle Obama, actors and activists Meryl Streep, Freida Pinto, and CNN journalist Isha Sesay, filmed in Liberia and Morocco.
 * Pledge to Let Girls Learn by signing their petition.
 * Raise awareness by sharing #LetGirlsLearn on Social Media.

2014:

- With the help of 2,000 volunteers, Peace Corps led a massive effort towards girls’ education and empowerment across 60 countries.

-Over 82,000 girls and young women took part in Peace Corps camps and youth groups.

2015:

- Let Girls Learn was officially launched by First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama.

2016:

-U.S. Government announced new programming in Liberia and Morocco to help address the unique barriers that prevent girls’ access to an education.

-Michelle Obama launched her Snapchat account to encourage people around the world to follow her trips and engage on the issue of adolescent girls’ education.

-USAID announced a new $400,000 investment to establish five new girls’ dormitories.

-Morocco became Peace Corps’ 36th Let Girls Learn country.

-The number of Peace Corps countries participating in Let Girls Learn doubled.

Future of Let Girls Learn

In the following six years, Let Girls Learns will:

-Building local capacity: increasing manpower through training thousands of Peace Corps volunteers and community leaders to champion girls’ education.

-Raising awareness: In order to support the Peace Corps Partnership Program, the initiative will raise awareness amongst American people through Social Media and other high profile events.

-Let Girls Learn will host three regional summits in Africa, Asia and  Latin America. They are aiming to reach over 30,000 girls and local community leaders with the help of 1,500 volunteers.

Moreover, the Let Girls Learn initiative will continue after the Obamas leave office. New pledges from the private sector will fund the initiative after the Obamas leave office. These include: $2.5 million from a program by the public health group Rise Up to enable girls in Malawi to finish school and delay marriage; a $1 million donation by Newman's Own Foundation to support Peace Corps initiatives and the Kibera School for Girls in Kenya; $500,000 from the Central Asia Institute to provide services for girls in Afghanistan; and $400,000 from Endeavor Energy and $200,000 from Water Charity and the National Peace Corps Association to fund Peace Corps volunteers' work.

International Presence

Peace Corps’ Let Girls Learn countries now include: Albania, Armenia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, The Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Jamaica, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu and Zambia.

Media Appearances

Let Girls Learn has appeared in numerous media outlets since its launch. On October 11, 2016 the Association of Magazine Media announced that 11 of its member companies gathered to raise awareness about Let Girls Learn. Over 65 magazine brands donated advertising space to the initiative, making it the largest donation ever in the ad world. Overall, the campaign reached more than 60 percent of U.S. adults.

Other appearances include: Government Funding
 * Let Girls Learn anthem song “This is For My Girls”
 * We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s Mission to Educate Girls Around the World aired on CNN and CNN International on October 12, 2016, as a documentary about the need for global female education.
 * The Late, Late Show with James Corden and Project Runway Junior.
 * Broadways’ Best in ‘Let Girls Learn’ Concert.

Action

LGL has leveraged resources from six U.S. Government Agencies. The Department of State and its programs like the President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); the Peace Corps; the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

PEPFAR has invested over $85 million through its DREAMS partnership and the DREAMS innovation challenge, which helps adolescent girls transition to and remain in secondary school across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Their investment contributed to paying schooling fees for over 139,000 adolescent girls, educating 915,000 adolescent girls facing teen pregnancy and HIV infection, and new grants to keep adolescent girls in school.

USAID has invested over $600 million dollars in Let Girls Learn programs in 13 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.

In addition to training 2,800 volunteers, Peace Corps Volunteers and community leaders have utilized more than $918,000 to initiate over 300 community-identified projects, which were match by more than $620,000 in local in-kind contributions. These efforts have reached more than 152,000 girls aged 24 and under at the grassroots level.

By launching approximately $100 million investment that implements a new model for secondary education, the MCC addressed the learning necessities of 100,000 students, of which 50,000 were adolescent girls. In this effort, MCC was supported by its Education for Employability Partnership Fund.

The Department of Labor, educates adolescent girls Ethiopia, Morocco, and Paraguay to combats the worst forms of child labor. In partnership with the Government of Zambia, the EMPOWER project will increase adolescent girls’ access to quality formal and non-formal education and training. Local businesses will aid the EMPOWER project in this effort as well.

USDA partners with USAID and donated an additional $7 million helping adolescent girls stay in school through providing school meals, student scholarships, and classroom construction. Furthermore, via school feeding assistance programs, the Department of Agriculture's McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (USDA/MGD) decreases hunger and encourages girls education.

Girl Rising Wikipedia Page Critiques

Proposal for adding "Pretty Powerful" Campaign

Founded in 2013 by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Pretty Powerful Campaign for Women & Girls partners with organizations that make education and learning accessible to women and girls on a global level. The global initiative celebrates the evolution of the brands Pretty Powerful message from one of confidence through makeup to one of empowering women and girls through education. This campaign focuses on confidence and the idea that nothing makes a woman or girl feel more confident than being educated and gaining the knowledge and skills to better her life and the lives of her family and community. There are two ways to donate through the campaign. Option one, buy Pretty Powerful II Pot Rouge, all proceeds go towards girls education. Option two, make a Pretty Powerful donation, $4 can provide a girl in Kenta with 10 pencils, $13 gives a girl in Ethiopia a uniform, books and school supplies, $30 can provide a girl in Guatemala with literacy training.

MPA- The Association of Magazine Media Wikipedia Critiques

Proposal for adding "Largest Donation: Let Girls Learn"

On October 11, 2016, it was announced that 11 of its member companies have come together to raise awareness about Let Girls Learn. A total of 65 magazine brands donated advertising space to the Peace Corps Let Girls Learn program to run three striking public service announcements in fall issues. The PSA campaign reached more than 60% of U.S. adults. Linda Thomas Brooks, President and COO of MPA- The Association of Magazine Media, reveals that this campaign inspired readers to support Let Girls Learn. This was the largest donation of member advertising space in MPA history. The following companies participating in the PSA campaign are: Active Interest Media, Bloomberg Media, Bonnier, Condé Nast, Dwell Media, Forbes Media, Hearst, Meredith, National Geographic, Rodale, and Time Inc.