United Nations Foundation: Change the world, invest in a girl

Sign up to receive this monthly newsletter via email. Dear Friends, Today's generation of youth — the largest in history — has the power to change the world, but many of the more than 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries won't even get the chance to go to school. This is one of the many reasons the UN Foundation started the Girl Up campaign. David Cook, Season 7 winner of the hit show American Idol, took a trip to Ethiopia with us and saw firsthand the struggle that many girls around the world experience — lack of access to education and health services, and vulnerability to violence. He's been dedicated to improving the lives of adolescent girls ever since. Inspired by the girls he met in Ethiopia, David Cook wrote his hit song "We Believe," a powerful message that there can be a brighter tomorrow, for us and for girls around the world. Thank you, David, for your work to inspire hundreds of people to join the movement for adolescent girls. You, too, can join the movement to give more girls brighter futures. Your support of our Girl Up campaign will pay for backpacks, uniforms, school supplies, and books for girls living in the UN Refugee Agency's Jijiga camp in Ethiopia, so they can go to school and follow their dreams. As a thank you from David, you'll get a free download of "We Believe." Through Girl Up, American girls learn to become global leaders and channel their energy and compassion to raise awareness and funds for United Nations programs to help some of the world's hardest-to-reach adolescent girls. With your help, global problems facing girls around the world can be solved. Join us and the UN in making a difference for these girls. Go to GirlUp.org to take action today. Thank you, Kathy Calvin CEO, UN Foundation Sign Up | Donate | Take Action | View in Browser | Contact Us 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 © United Nations Foundation