Football News - Aaron Mokoena launches 1GOAL - 16/02/10
Today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Aaron Mokoena South Africa s football captain and Joan Laporta President of FC Barcelona united with CEOs from the global mobile industry to announce the world s largest ever cause-related campaign, 1GOAL: Education for all, a legacy of this year s FIFA 2010 football World Cup, to help end poverty through the education of 72 million children across the globe.
Her Majesty, Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan joined the GSMA today to announce the 1GOAL initiative to ensure that every child in the world has the opportunity to go to school by 2015. Today, 72 million children in the world are denied that chance, and do not have access to basic primary education. Operators from across the mobile world have joined forces with global football stars, the football world and FIFA, along with educational champions, charities and campaigners to support 1GOAL - a legacy of the FIFA Football World Cup 2010 - to give all children in the world the chance in life an education brings.
As the South African football team captain and on behalf of my team and the children of Africa, thank you to the worldwide mobile team that has signed up so far to support 1GOAL," said Aaron Mokoena. "This will be the year that the mobile fraternity and football joined hands for the greatest of events, and the greatest of causes; Education for all."
Individual Supporters that have signed up for 1GOAL, Include: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Of Jordan; Co-Founder And Global Co-Chair, Jacob Zuma, President, South Africa; Hillary Clinton US; Secretary Of State; Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero; President, Spain; Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, UK; Ban Ki-Moon; Secretary-General, United Nations; Kevin Rudd; Prime Minister, Australia; Sepp Blatter; President, FIFA; Bono; EusÉbio, Portugal; Gary Lineker, England; Josep Guardiola, Barcelona; (Manager); Marcel Desailly, France; Mia Hamm, USA; Michael Essien, Ghana; Rio Ferdinand, England; Robin Van Persie; Netherlands; Robinho, Brazil; Thierry Henry, France; Tim Cahill, Australia; Tim Howard, USA; Zinedine Zidane, France, among many others.
The campaign launches on April 20th 2010 and will run up until the World Cup final on July 11th, and will engage and mobilise the World Cup audience. You can find out more about 1GOAL at these places:
Website: www.join1goal.org
Facebook www.facebook.com/1GOAL
Twitter http://twitter.com/join1goal
Videos http://www.youtube.com/user/join1goal
Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/1goal
