BCF - Founder Jennifer Gross at Ethics in Action Meeting for Education

News: February 3, 2017

Casina Pio IV, Vatican City — Blue Chip Foundation founder Jennifer Gross, addressed the Ethics in Action committee at the Vatican on Sustainable Development Goal 4 : Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

  Gross, whose foundation promotes awareness and encourages action on behalf of struggling populations across the world, says that the international community’s unwillingness to supply resources is causing possibly irreversible damage.

“Of the 1.6 billion children in the world, over 123 million are not in school, and 400 million have not learned basic literacy. By 2030, if present trends continue, half the children on the planet will not have the basic skills needed for employment,” Gross said. “There is a significant shortfall that must be financed by international aid – about $40 billion in 2020, reaching $90 billion by 2030. However, international aid for education has been stagnant since 2010 and is at risk of stopping altogether.”

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