Spread the Word
Help raise awareness about the importance of education for children of conflict. Send an E-Card to your friends
The Education Partnership is dedicated to connecting all efforts to help children of conflict have the chance to learn and rebuild their lives. Supporters like you are a key part of that effort and every action can help. Here are a few ideas for how you can show your support for these brave children and raise awareness about the need for their education.
Use our Handy Links to Bookmark and Post this Site
- An easy way to help get the word out about educating children of conflict is to use the one-click links at the bottom of our pages. You can forward a page to a friend, add a page to your Facebook profile, or bookmark a page so others can easily find it.
- Use the tags EPCC and Education Partnership when you bookmark us to connect everyone's effort.
Send an E-Card to your friends
- Use our E-Card to tell your network about the importance of education for children of conflict and how they can help on this site.
Email Outreach
- Email: Send an email to your friends and let everyone know that they can make a difference.
- Newsletter: Add a link to this site in your next organization's email newsletter.
- Signature: Add this line to your email footer or signature:
Help Me Educate Children of Conflict
We'll rebuild hope, lives and nations.
http://educationpartnership.org
On Facebook
- Join the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict Group on Facebook and become a fan of our page.
- Send invitations to your Facebook network to help us get the word out.
- Post EPCC news to your profile or related groups.
On MySpace
- Put the widget or badge on your profile.
- Find our Partners on MySpace and let them know you support their work to provide education for all children in the comments.
On your Blogs and Websites
- Add the widget or a badge to your web pages and show your support.
- Write a post about the importance of educating children of conflict on any Internet message board, blog, or discussion group in which you are involved. If you know a blogger, send them the link to this site and ask them to do a post about it. Check out Understanding the Issue to get the facts and download the fact sheet.
- Tag your posts with EPCC and Education Partnership.
Contact the Media
- Newspaper: Submit a letter to the editor of your local newspaper about the importance of education for conflict affected children. If you’re a student, ask the editor if you could write a guest column.
- TV and Radio: Contact your local TV or radio stations and see if they will do a public service announcement about the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict or one of our partner organization's work on the issue.
In your Neighborhood or School
- Local Support: Ask a local official, potential funder, celebrity, or reporter to help you highlight the need to provide education to children of conflict. Help them understand why this is so important with the information in our Understanding the Issue section.
- Educators: consider doing a lesson on education for children of conflict to let your students know what's at stake. Understanding the Issue has material to help fill in your lesson plan.
- Students: think about writing a report about children in conflict areas. There are lots of great stories on this site that will help you with ideas.
- Give a presentation on the topic at your next organization meeting: Just use the information from this site to start a discussion in your PTA, church group, club or other service organization.
