Global Action Week

Thank you, Nita for those kind words.

And a special hello to the fourth graders of Ben Goldberg’s Rock Creek Valley Elementary school who join us today. They’re here to support the launch of the Big Read, because they know how important going to school is… and what a difference it can make in the life of a young person. Thank you for coming.

I’d like to tell you about a group of extraordinary children I met in a Johannesburg library during my trip to South Africa last month.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Washington, D.C.) - Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Tuesday, officially launched the beginning of Global Action Week (April 20-26th) organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) to fight illiteracy worldwide with 75 million children currently out of school.