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174 Civil Society Organizations Stand Together to Protect Children’s Right to Free Education

174 civil society organizations from 50 countries have come together to ask the World Bank and other investors in for-profit, fee-charging private schools to cease these investments and to focus instead on funding the continued improvement of free, quality public education systems or private initiatives that support its provision.

August 4, 2017 | Global Education

Press Releases

Senate Passes READ Act

RESULTS applauds the Senate for passing the READ Act, legislation that will improve the lives of millions of children around the world who don’t have access to a quality education.

August 2, 2017 | Global Education

Educating children early matters

Last month, I returned home to Zimbabwe after a whirlwind tour of the U.S. As the Founder and Director of the Nhaka Foundation in Zimbabwe, I work to give hundreds of kids every day the opportunity to experience early childhood education. On my tour, I was an advocate for millions more.

June 21, 2017 | Global Education

Grassroots Spotlight

Congress, be the America that stands up for what’s right

When I was eight, I came home from school one day and found my bags had been packed. Before I knew it, I was on a plane that would take me from Kenya, my home, halfway across the world to the United States. I left everything – and almost everyone – that had I ever known.

June 19, 2017 | Global Education | RESULTS Fellowship | Tuberculosis

Press Releases

White House budget would strip health care, education, and economic opportunity from millions

With its first federal budget proposal, the White House has taken aim at families struggling to put food on the table, kids around the world seeking an education, and millions more people facing poverty. Proposing massive funding cuts to effective anti-poverty programs, the budget jeopardizes the futures of people across the country and around the world. Now Congress takes up the process.

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Laser Talks (Global Poverty)

October 2020 Laser Talk: Urge Congress to Finally Pass COVID-19 Relief

Use this EPIC laser talk to call on senators and representatives to speak to leadership now for a global response to the global pandemic. EPIC is a concise format for getting our message across in speaking or writing.

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

October 2020: Write LTE on a Congressional Response to COVID-19

October 2020: It is past time for Congress to have implemented a global response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The world needs help now. We must remind senators and representatives of the immediacy of the crisis. Use the October Global Action Sheet to write a letter to the editor. Also, use it to guide others in your community to take action. You can even send our most recent media compilation to your legislators, sounding the alarm of urgency. (PDF version) (Word version)

Laser Talks (Global Poverty)

September 2020 Laser Talk: Ask Congress to Prioritize Global COVID-19 Response

Use this EPIC laser talk to call on senators and representatives to speak to leadership urgently and ensure a global response to the global pandemic in a COVID-19 supplemental spending bill. EPIC is a concise format for getting our message across in speaking or writing.

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

September 2020: Write LTE on the COVID-19 Response

September 2020: Congress still has not implemented a global response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The world can’t wait any longer. We must remind senators and representatives that they need to get to work. Use the September Global Action Sheet to write a letter to the editor. Also, use it to guide others in your community to take action. (PDF version, Word version)

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

August 2020: Contact Congress on COVID-19 Response

August 2020: We are down to the wire. Congress has yet to create a global response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Lives and progress are at risk. We must remind Senators and Representatives of our leadership role in the world on global health and development and call for action. Use the August Global Action Sheet to write your members of Congress. Also, use it to guide others in your community to take action. (PDF version, Word version)

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

May 2020 Global Action LTE COVID Response

April 2020: Congress will soon be working on another COVID-19 emergency response bill. We must ensure that low-income partner nations are not left out of the response, as the challenges are mounting. We are already seeing suspension of critical vaccination and disease-control programs, and hunger & malnutrition is predicted to be catastrophic. Write a letter to the editor calling on your members of Congress to advocate for funding for global and education programs in the COVID-19 response. (Word Version)

May 1, 2020 | Coronavirus and Poverty | Global Education

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

April 2020 Global Action Sheet LTE COVID Response

April 2020: As COVID-19 reaches poorer nations, it is the most marginalized who are most at risk. Congress must take action to bolster the response to COVID-19 in partner nations, ensure we do not backslide on progress made on health and education, and help nations address non-health impacts like the near shutdown of education in many partner countries. It’s time to meet with Congress and generate media. (Word Version)

Policy Background

FY21 Global Appropriations Memos

Every year, Congress decides how to spend the money in the U.S. federal budget. RESULTS urges our lawmakers to support issues that build the foundation to end poverty – health, education, and economic opportunity. These are memos you can use to make FY21 requests of your members of Congress.

Monthly Action Sheets (Global Poverty)

Feb 2019 Global Action - Appropriations

Write a Letter: Tell Congress what to prioritize in global health and education (Word Version)

World Bank Basic Education Investments: A Preliminary Review Of Pipeline Projects

November 26, 2018 | Global Education

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