Malala Fund

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  Humble Bundle has raised more than $250 million since its inception in 2010 to help out charities around the globe, furthering its mission to be a force for good.
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  Founded in 2010 by Jeff Rosen and John Graham, a couple of gamers seeking a new way to raise money for various charities, Humble Bundle pioneered the game bundle-for-charity model.
• Since then, the company has expanded its offerings and grown its focus on doing good, integrating it into every aspect of its business and operation.
• Taking on Global Warming: Humble raised more than $1 million last year for charities committed to addressing some of the biggest contributors to climate change.

• Fox as the latest recipient of its Elevate Prize Catalyst Award in recognition of his long-standing advocacy and work with the Michael J.
• The award was presented to Fox onstage at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2023 Meeting by the Elevate Prize Foundation's Founder Joseph Deitch and its CEO Carolina García Jayaram.
• At last year's CGI Meeting, the Elevate Prize Foundation presented the award to Malala Yousafzai in recognition of her efforts with Malala Fund and advocacy for girls' education.
• "We are honored to present the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award to Michael J.

• The inaugural Caring For Women Dinner raised over 3 million dollars.
• This year, net proceeds will benefit the Malala Fund, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), and New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault.
• Since 2008, the Kering Foundation has worked toward a world free from gender-based violence by partnering with local, feminist NGOs in six countries.
• NNEDV tracks and reports survivors' payments to the three credit bureaus to help build a good credit history.

• Ghana, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Zambia have all announced free secondary education policies in the last five years.
• A report by the Malala Fund, a global education NGO, argued that free upper secondary education “would be regressive in nature” and might not be affordable for low-income countries.
• We conclude that free secondary education can be costly and inequitable in the short run, especially if it diverts resources from primary education.

Setting the scene

• But secondary school enrolment rates still lag far behind those in other world regions.
• Less than half of children in sub-Saharan Africa complete lower secondary education, compared to around 80% in South Asia and Latin America.
• The number of sub-Saharan Africa countries with free secondary education policies in place has increased rapidly over the last two decades.

The cost of free education

• The first is that, in most African countries, the majority of children from poor households would be ineligible for free secondary education.
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  Moreover, even those eligible for free secondary education are often unable to attend.

• Most free secondary education policies do not cover the cost of essential non-fee expenses such as textbooks, school uniforms, meals and transport.
• Empirical evidence from Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya and other countries shows that free secondary education policies can substantially increase secondary school enrolment and completion rates in the short run.

What is to be done?

• In an ideal world, the global community would ensure that all children could enjoy a full cycle of free, high-quality education.
• Policymakers must balance the potential benefits of abolishing secondary school fees against the urgent need for investment in basic education.