Whether or not you view yourself as the kind of person who likes to get involved with politics and, well, the world, we no longer live in a time where we have the luxury of avoiding things. Maybe we never did, but today is the day to stop it once and for all.
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) needs your help and your voices to make sure every child has access to education. You would think education is a right, something that shouldn’t have to be fought for, but that’s not the case for millions of children around the world.
RESULTS, a grassroots organization that fights for international aid and improved education and health for people around the world, estimates that 40% of the world’s children do not have the chance to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills.
It’s ridiculous, right? But that’s where GPE comes in. This organization creates a model of education to reach children all areas of the world with help from international aid, private donations, and support from constituents like you and me.
In fact, GPE is the only organization to work with low-income countries that have gaps in their funding for necessary education programs. The support given to GPE from everyday people and countries that have the means to help make sure that every child has access to education and a chance to improve their life.
For the United States, it isn’t about what political parties support the resolutions introduced into the House and the Senate, especially in the case of GPE. This is because no one can deny that education is something every child needs. This cannot be stressed enough because while many people will agree with this, they will not be moved to doing something about it.
That’s where you come in. Representatives want to hear the voices of those who put them in office. How do they accomplish anything you want to see done, anything that you put them in office to do?
Until you make an effort to contact your representatives about the issues you care most about, you have no right to be upset about a representative’s failure to address what you want to see done. A good way to start is by contacting your representatives asking for them to cosign House Resolution 466, the Global Partnership for Education.
Don’t want to take the time to address this necessary and life-changing support for children around the world? I’ll make it easy.
Visit this link and put in your zip code to find your representatives. It takes less than a minute to fill out your information and send a pre-filled email asking them to support GPE.
If you feel like doing more, try weekly phone calls and emails. Tweets and Facebook posts. Ever tried ignoring a constituent who refuses to be ignored? That’s typically how we get things done.
