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Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations
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We work in over 40 developing and transitional countries in Africa, Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East to:
- Provide vital information to the victims of natural disasters or conflict
- Raise awareness and change behaviour and attitudes towards critical health issues, including HIV and AIDS
- Help people make a better living by increasing their knowledge and skill
- Help citizens hold their governments to account by enabling public scrutiny, dialogue and debate
- Teach children and adults who have been denied an education reading, writing and arithmetic
- Help develop an independent, un-biased media that is free from government control
"It is an old saying that knowledge means power; the better informed you are, the greater your chances of success."
Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations
Kofi Annan, Former Secretary General of the United Nations
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