1GOAL: Your name can help send a child to school.
June 21st, 2010 | Published in Advocacy, Copywriting, Graphic design and illustration
Write your name and help 72 million children learn to write theirs.
For footballers Phil and James Younghusband, football isn’t just a sport, it is a vision of a better future for 72 million children worldwide who are not in school.
Even with a promising future with the Chealsea F.C. team in the United Kingdom, they chose to play for the Philippines and to realize their dream of helping out-of-school kids and give them a chance at a better life through their passion, sports.
All because Phil and James believe football can help paint a brighter future for children. Now, they need your support.
Football star James Younghusband believes every child should get a chance to go to school.
Football star Phil Younghusband supports 1GOAL: Education for All
This World Cup, they are asking you to join them in 1GOAL, a global campaign to ensure every child gets an education by 2015.1GOAL aims to make Education For All the legacy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. We will remind the world’s leaders to fulfill their promise made in 2000, through the Millennium Development Goals, to give every child an education.
You can do something to help. Be a champion for education. Add your name to 1GOAL by going to VSO Bahaginan’s 1GOAL sign up page.
Take action
Help us spread the word!
1. Sign your name - Add your name to 1GOAL petition for universal education
2. Download Action Pack – Here are simple ways you can promote 1GOAL
3. Share with your friends - We’ll send them an email on how they can help.
4. Post 1GOAL widget on your site – Request the code and upload it on your website.
5. Watch videos – See why Phil and James Younghusband support 1GOAL.
Upload the1GOAL widget on your website
