African Leaders Launch Education Campaign
African leaders launched a campaign to enroll every child in school by 2015, and Britain responded by pledging $15 billion in education aid to developing countries over the next decade.
British treasury chief Gordon Brown joined Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, former South African President Nelson Mandela and other African leaders in launching the Free Education for All initiative.
Brown’s announcement follows a pledge by Britain and other members of the Group of 8 industrialized nations at their summit last year to double aid for Africa.
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