Fw: Education: Western Union Unveils Initiative to Deliver One Million School Days

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Subject: Education: Western Union Unveils Initiative to Deliver One Million School Days

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Western Union Unveils New Football-Based Education Initiative to Deliver One Million School Days

 

·       Virtual Press Conference for African Media on Thursday September 13

 

·        Western Union will turn every successful pass in this season’s competition into funding to provide one day’s education for young people around the world

 

PARIS, France, September 11, 2012/ -- According to UNESCO, 71 million bright, hardworking students globally are not enrolled in secondary or vocational education. This is a tremendous loss of economic and human potential, since each extra year of school can increase an individual’s potential economic opportunity.

 

With that said, Western Union, a leader in global payment services and new Global Partner of the UEFA Europa League, announced it will turn every successful pass in this season’s competition into funding to provide one day’s education for young people around the world.

 

Through the PASS initiative, Western Union intends to harness the power of football to build awareness of this challenge as well as deliver on-the-ground support that will make a difference to young people and their communities.

 

The initiative will be fronted by former international football star Patrick Vieira and start during the group stages of the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League, which kicks off on September 20 across Europe.

 

Join us for the virtual press conference to speak with Marc Audrit, Vice President Global Brand at Western Union and learn more about the initiative.

 

Date:  Thursday September 13

Location: log-in details will be sent to all registered media prior to the virtual press conference

Time:

•          0900 - Accra, Bamako, Dakar, Freetown, Monrovia

•          1000 – Abuja, Luanda, Kinshasa, Porto-Novo

•          1100 – Abidjan, Johannesburg, Kigali, Lusaka, Maputo

•          1200 – Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Nairobi

 

HOW IT WORKS: This service is FREE and only requires a computer connected to the internet.

 

REGISTER: http://www.apo-opa.org/en/application?vc=WU

 

Kindly note that all information is embargoed till Thursday 13 September

 

 

TECHNICAL CONTACT: 

African Press Organization: +41 22 534 96 97; sec...@apo-opa.org

 

PRESS CONTACT:

Lisa McConnell, Western Union - Office: +27 (0) 11 549-3310; Cell: +27 (0) 79 888-1285 lisa.mc...@westernunion.com  

 

Kizito Lundu, Western Union – Office +27 (0) 11 549 3322; Cell +27 (0) 71 679 5501 Kizito...@westernunion.com  

 

Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Western Union.

 

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