Apple Teams with Malala Fund to Support Girls Education

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Business Wire 22-Jan-2018 12:00 AM
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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Apple and Malala Fund today announced that Apple will become the funds first Laureate partner, enabling a significant expansion of Malalas effort to support girls education and advocate for equal opportunity. Led by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, Malala Fund champions every girls right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education.
With Apples support, Malala Fund expects to double the number of grants awarded by its Gulmakai Network and extend funding programs to India and Latin America with the initial goal of extending secondary education opportunities to more than 100,000 girls.
Apple will help Malala Fund scale its organization by assisting with technology, curriculum and research into policy changes needed to help girls everywhere attend school and complete their education. Tim Cook, Apples CEO, will also join the Malala Fund leadership council.
My dream is for every girl to choose her own future, said Malala Yousafzai. Through both their innovations and philanthropy, Apple has helped educate and empower people around the world. I am grateful that Apple knows the value of investing in girls and is joining Malala Fund in the fight to ensure all girls can learn and lead without fear.
We believe that education is a great equalizing force, and we share Malala Funds commitment to give every girl an opportunity to go to school, said Tim Cook. Malala is a courageous advocate for equality. Shes one of the most inspiring figures of our time, and we are honored to help her extend the important work she is doing to empower girls around the world.
Since 2013, Malala Fund has been working in partnership with other organizations, the private sector and governments around the world to realize every girls right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. The funds Gulmakai Network currently supports programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Turkey and Nigeria.
With an estimated over 130 million girls out of school, the importance of their work is increasingly essential.
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