<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 July 2016 at 14:54, Sean DALY <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sdaly.be@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdaly.be@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britain-to-help-175000-girls-in-worlds-poorest-countries-get-an-education" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/britain-to-help-175000-girls-in-worlds-poorest-countries-get-an-education</a><br><br>The Department for International Development (DFID) will provide £100 
million through the Girls’ Education Challenge to help girls who have 
dropped out or never attended school due to family crises, poverty, 
child marriage or early pregnancy. The funding will also be used to 
continue the Girls’ Education Challenge’s support for 1 million 
disadvantaged girls across the developing world.<br><br></div>Statement of action:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/girls-education-forum-statement-of-action" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/girls-education-forum-statement-of-action</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">Thanks for sharing Sean!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">The most relevant part of this I could find was in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536300/Commitments_in_support_of_the_GEF_Statement_of_Action.pdf">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536300/Commitments_in_support_of_the_GEF_Statement_of_Action.pdf</a> :</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_extra">Vodafone reiterates its commitment to use mobile technology to bring education to refugee girls,
reaching a potential 3 million young people in refugee camps across Vodafone countries of operation
by 2020 (HeforShe commitment). Vodafone will do this in two ways: (i) Building schools in refugee
camps: Vodafone has established 20 Instant Network schools providing internet connectivity, power,
tablets, mobile content and teacher training in Kenya, DRC and South Sudan. (ii) Vodafone is
launching the Vodafone Instant Schools for Africa initiative this Autumn, providing millions of young
people in DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania with free access to digital
education resources developed by Learning Equality.</div></blockquote><div><br></div>I wonder how to contact them to learn what their requirements would be to use Sugar in these schools... I found that the Director of the Vodafone Foundation is Andrew Dunnett who appears to own the <a href="https://twitter.com/vodafonefdn">https://twitter.com/vodafonefdn</a> account so tweeted to him - <a href="https://twitter.com/davelab6/status/752320606646001664">https://twitter.com/davelab6/status/752320606646001664</a> - and I'll follow up if I hear back :) <br><div><br></div><div>Ps. I noticed that <a href="http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/foundation.html">http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/foundation.html</a> has their Mission Statement which I thought was insightful for our big discussion:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>Through a unique network of 27 local Foundations and social investment programmes, Vodafone invests in the communities in which it operates. The Vodafone Foundations are committed to connecting communities around the world to improve lives. The underlying belief of the Foundations is that connectivity drives change.  The Vodafone Foundations use the companies charitable giving, their fundraising capability and privileged access to Vodafone networks, technology, customers and employees to connect people with the necessary tools to make a difference in the world.</div></blockquote></div>