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61 million children around
the world are not in school.

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61 million forgotten children.

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The exploited, out of school
because they are child

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labourers, many forced
into bonded labour.

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Often in hazardous work
exposing them to risk of injury.

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The violated, child brides in
marriages they did not choose.

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Coerced into lives of
isolation and desolation,

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unthinkably early pregnancy.

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The list goes on.

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The brutalised conscripted
as child soldiers,

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and commanded to kill.

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Boy and girl refugees,
camp children.

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The disabled, the marginalised.

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4 million of them blind
and not in school.

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These forgotten 61 million
have lost the opportunity

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to learn and grow.

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But they've lost something more,
they've lost their school days.

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They have lost their childhood.

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And in the tragic case of
young Malala Yousafzai,

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they have almost
lost their life.

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At only 14, amazing Malala
was campaigning for a school

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in Pakistan, until the
Taliban shot her in the head

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on October 10th.

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Today she lies in a hospital
bed clinging to life.

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There is hope and
wonderful people

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like Malala do not
suffer in vain,

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if we do anything
and everything we

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can to support them and
follow their example.

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There is hope if we can pressure
all nations to make education

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for every child
the first priority,

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and a universal right
regardless of borders.

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Hope if we ensure schooling
for children with disabilities

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and for the blind.

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Hope if we can create together
a global ladder of opportunity

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that starts with
a place of school,

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and leads to
qualifications and a job.

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Hope if we stand as a united,
unwavering force for change.

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-When I grow up I
want to be a teacher.

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-I want to be a lawyer.

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-An accountant.

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-A musician.

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-A nun.

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-When I grow up I want
to be a President.

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-But there is so
much work to do.

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Every single child is special,
every girl and boy unique,

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every infant precious.

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We are at a crossroads, a
stalled point, no progress

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from one year to the next.

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The numbers out of school
in Africa are on the rise.

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We have stopped sending
children to school.

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If nothing changes soon,
we are looking at a world

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where the children of
today become the unemployed

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and unemployable of tomorrow.

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A world without school
is a world without hope.

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It's an emergency where we
succeed only if everyone

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comes together with incredible
determination, common purpose,

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and agreed timetables.

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Our children are our
window into the future.

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If we are their
eyes and ears today,

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they will carry our hope,
our yearnings, our souls,

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into the future.

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But it is time to act as global
citizens we must come together

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to put education first,
sending children to school,

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training teachers, supplying
learning materials,

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building classrooms.

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Everyone can do something,
even the smallest actions

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will end desolation,
turn dreams into reality,

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improve health, wealth, and
happiness, in the neglected

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corners of the globe.

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We cannot all be a
Malala Yousafzai,

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but we can all follow her,
support her, pray for her.

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Start by visiting
www.educationenvoy.org

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right now and learn
what my life what

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Malala was passionate about.

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Child + teacher = infinite hope.

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