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00:00The conference on protecting education from attack was attended by several first ladies from across the world including Africa
00:06They called for the protection of education in war zones
00:11Attacks on education have risen 20% from previous years according to the latest global report on
00:17protection of education
00:19Several countries in Africa are affected by conflict
00:23Including Sudan and DRC. Let's listen to the first lady of Sierra Leone speaking
00:30When you want to destroy a nation, just make sure there is no education
00:34So please if you have a platform say something see something say something, please
00:41The conference is hosted by Qatari based foundation education above all
00:46Education above all has been doing several activities across the world to protect education from attack
00:52We provide access to the most marginalized conflict affected communities
00:56My program ensures legal accountability and justice for those who are attacked and we do programmatic work with partners all over the world
01:04And also we also do work on the environment. We do work on digital learning
01:09So we have a vast footprint across the world. This conference received massive support from the UN
01:16UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent his message of solidarity
01:20In support of the activities being done by several countries to protect education from attack