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We've got to keep the promise
Made by our leaders
To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our word be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
The promise of our global village
To achieve universal primary education
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our word be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
The promise of our heads of state
To promote gender equality and empower women
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our world be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
Because 189 countries said 'yes'
To reduce child mortality
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our world be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
The promise as the new millennium dawned
To improve maternal health
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our word be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
The promise of a better tomorrow
To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our word be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
Of a world united by shared aspirations
To ensure environmental sustainability
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our world be our bond
We've got to keep the promise
Because the target is 2015
To develop a global partnership for development
As a millennium development goal
We've got to keep the promise
Let our word be our bond.
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I was born in Nigeria and was educated in Nigeria, USA and Australia. I am the founder and president of Christina-Mae Recruitment Consortium Australia and the author of the book "When Things Go Wrong: Concepts of Change". I am also the co-founder of Child Aid Survival and Development International (CASDI). As a freelance journalist, I have contributed to a number of professional journals and newspapers, as well as worked in a number of e-journalism projects. I have traveled extensively and currently call Australia and the USA home with extensive involvement in African Human Rights issues.
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Signing a Petition can help a child Sandhya Lakshmi Chellapilla | Jul 25th, 2007
Did you know that:
*One in seven children is a child labourer: that's nearly 14 per cent of the children in the age group 5-14 years.
*One in five children do not go to school; this is nearly 18 per cent of the children in the age group (primary school).
*Most of them (57 percent) were girls! Huge numbers of them work as child labourers.
*There are over 238 million young people living on less than one dollar a day.
*Child labour can be eliminated and replaced by universal education within 20 years at an estimated cost of US$760 billion. The benefits of eliminating child labour within the next two decades will amount to an estimated US$ 5.1 trillion for both developing and transitional economies, where most child labourers are found.
The children of the world need your help.
Please join the Global March Against Child Labour in the “Keep Your Promises” campaign to remind the governments on the promises and commitments they have made to protect children in hazardous child labour, out-of-school children, universalisation of education and gender parity, all within the larger framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). The year 2007 is the mid-term of these commitments for the MDGs to be achieved by 2015. Help us urge government leaders to keep their promises.
Visit the link below to sign the “Keep Your Promises” campaign’s petition to be presented to government leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. www.globalmarch.org/keepyourpromises
Together, we can make a difference for the present and future children of the world. Visit www.globalmarch.org to get involved
Then please forward this message to your friends and family and ask them to join you.
Thank you for your help.
The Global March Against Child Labour is an international network of civil society organisations working to eliminate child labour and lead them from exploitation to education.
Sandhya
Global March Against Child Labour
From Exploitation to Education
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