1Goal: World Cup Helps to Get 72 million Kids Back in School

What do Hilary Clinton, Shakira and Barcelona FC have in common? Excluding their soft spot for cerveza and salsa-dancing, that is (Check out Hilary’s awesome moves). They’re all supporters of 1Goal, the 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign to help get 72 million kids without access to education, back into school.

MDG 2, “Achieving Universal Primary Education”, might be the most important millennium goal of all. Education means empowerment. It means knowledge. It shatters gender and racial stereotypes, breaking the poverty-cycle.