As the excitement of the World Cup continues, it’s important not to lose sight of the things that really matter (apart from the Socceroos’ brave performance) such as education for everyone.
The sad truth is that over 72 million children are missing out on attending primary school. Over half of these children are girls. At this very moment, 1 billion people around the world cannot read or write.
Mudua, a striker for the Tshiombo White Pool women’s football team from the Limpopo Province, South Africa, shows her support for the 1GOAL campaign.
Before even addressing some of the issues raised in the current debate it is important to note that Australia is not a major international donor to the poorest countries by international standards and this fact is consistently incorrectly misrepresented in the mainstream media.
