Let Girls Learn is a new American Government initiative to help the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school. Led by USAID, and with a promo video featuring Anne Hathaway, Alicia Keys and Susan Sarandon (among many others) aiming to help spread the word and help get girls into quality education.
The idea came after the recent kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria as well as the Taliban's attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl and education activist Malala Yousafzai in 2012.
The U.S. Agency for International Development announced on Friday that it's put aside $201 million for new education programs set to provide learning opportunities for girls in Nigeria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Jordan, and Guatemala.
"All around the world, people want to change the injustices but often times don't know exactly what they can do about it," said Alicia Keys. "I really wanted to participate in this (video) because empowering women changes the course of our world."
According to research, just one extra year of education can increase a woman's earning potential by as much as 25 percent, although over 65 million aren't even in school. "
An educated girl really is the key to a healthy, more stable, more prosperous country,' said Cathy Russell, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. "Educating girls is really one of the best investments we can make."
Agreed. Check out the video below, as well as the website, to see how you can help this brilliant cause.
This article originally appeared on The Debrief.