The document discusses the importance of universal primary education and its impact on national and individual progress, emphasizing the need for continued improvements, especially in economically challenged areas like Tacoma, WA. It highlights the various challenges faced by children globally and locally, suggesting that community involvement and volunteering in educational environments can make significant contributions to enhancing education. Additionally, it points out the role of social media in fostering connections among teachers, parents, and community members to support children's learning.

1. Achieve Universal
Primary Education
By: Ghait Elberkawi

2. Why does it resonate for you?
The UN Millennial Development Goals were
developed by the collaboration of nations across
the world to better ourselves as a race and global
community. Within any prosperous nation is a
keen focus on education and without a proper
education, progress is slowed down from a
national to an individual level. In order to
collaborate, communicate and develop as a
species we must implant the root of all progress,
knowledge.

3. How can your interest be applied locally?
Locally - Tacoma, WA
The goal of Universal Primary Education is very much achieved within Washington state and
the USA as a whole, however, the situation can be improved for children by bettering the
economic hardships in which many of these children are confronted with. Funding can be
raised to help less fortunate families with lunch and extracurricular activities such as sports
or even school supplies for students in class.
Across the globe, children are faced with detrimental factors such as violence, child labour,
child marriage, poverty and so forth. Although there is most certainly an upperhand in terms
of education in Washington state compared to impoverished third world countries, let us not
forget that education is a vital necessity that can always be improved upon.

4. Where can you make the greatest contribution?
The greatest contribution can always be made at a local
level by personal efforts to volunteer in an academic
environment with the intent of helping children to learn and
grow. Although financial donations are of useful help,
nothing is quite as impactful as a hands on initiative.
Needless to say, the greatest contribution in the life of every
student is that of the teachers. With that being said, the
world of children's education is broad and every adult’s
unique expertise can be of use whether it's a talent such as
music, sports, etc. or participating in after school activities.

5. Is there a feature of social media that can be uniquely applied to this goal?
Perhaps the greatest quality that social media provides
to the users, connectivity, is the most applicable to this
goal. The timeless proverb, “It takes a village to raise a
child” is certainly evident in Primary education. A
community must be bound together by teachers and
parents in order to efficiently develop the education of
students within that community. Through social media,
teachers are able to connect with parents and parents
with tutors all for the benefit of the student.