SingTel supports 1GOAL: Education for all

Customers can pledge support for campaign to ensure education to end poverty until end-July.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) on Monday announced its support for 1GOAL, a global initiative to help ensure that every child in the world has the opportunity to attend school by 2015, according to a SingTel report.

SingTel is pleased to join other global mobile operators, education champions, charities and campaigners to rally public support for 1GOAL. This global campaign, which is not seeking monetary donation, is appealing for global support for this cause to help achieve Education to End Poverty.

Over the next few weeks, SingTel will send SMSes to its mobile customers, seeking their support by replying ‘YES’. SingTel will waive the SMS charge for customers who respond to this appeal in Singapore. Customers can also pledge their support on SingTel's website at www.singtel.com/1GOAL.

Ms Aileen Tan, SingTel's Group Director of Human Resource, said: "SingTel believes that knowledge is power and education will empower the youth, giving them the valuable tools to transform their lives positively.

They will be able to achieve their dreams with education and equal opportunity. By pledging our support for 1GOAL, we can all help to make education a reality for 72 million children by 2015."

SingTel and participating mobile operators worldwide will share the total number of people who pledge their support to the campaign organiser, 1GOAL, by end-July 2010. 1GOAL hopes that the number of supporters will impress upon world leaders that people care about and believe in the value of education.

The 1GOAL: Education for All mobile campaign was announced by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Co-Founder and Global Co-Chair of 1GOAL, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in February this year.