C'mon - Get That Hand Up!

I am always trying to learn more about the world I live in, and how I can find meaning and purpose enough to play an active part in shaping the future. Now more than ever I see the power of the Internet as a tool to help create social and global change. When I was growing up we didn't have YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or My Space. If we wanted to get involved in projects we had to get off our butts and join, or create, groups and clubs within our community.  

Today everything is different. If you go to www.becauseiamagirl.com.au  you can read inspiring stories of hope both locally and abroad. You can get involved with Plan directly, make a donation or organise your own event raising funds for girls internationally. And if you really want to know more, you can read the Because I Am a Girl report. While I am a firm believer that going to the library and doing research yourself is a great way to become knowledgeable about the world, having a website like this helps free up time up so we can directly get involved in causes we believe in.

This is why when people tell me one individual can’t make a difference, or that they are too busy, I am a little taken aback. Come on everyone! We are already online checking our Facebook or the next cool YouTube video, was can surely sign an online petition for global change?

Right now, if you go to www.becauseiamagirl.com.au you can “Raise Your Hand” to help break down the barriers to girl’s education and help the BIAAG campaign to reach one million worldwide.

One in every three girls around the world is denied an education because of the daily realities of poverty, discrimination and violence. By Raising your Hand, you will be calling upon the United Nations to make girls’ education a priority.

The United Nations has the power to stop girls from being forgotten at a time when developmental priorities for the next generation are being decided. Now we can work together to ensure millions more girls get the education they are entitled to.

www.becauseiamagirl.com.au