Life was lived in tribes or extended families. That made things like gathering food, looking after one another and surviving both easier and more likely. But over time, we became increasingly selfreliant. People are often left to fend for themselves in densely populated cities. Community tends to be something that takes place only online. The result is a sharp rise in loneliness. Millions of men and women cut off from society, devoid of a sense of belonging. Alall the lonely people, whehe re do ththey come from all the lonenely people, w wheo they belong g one europewiwide study revealed that t around 30 milln europeans regularly feel lonely. Thats 7 of the overall population. In japan too, many people live in total isolation for years, even decades. Tokyo, a vibrant mega city home to 15 million people. Some tokyo residents find it a challenging place to live. They say its too busy, too noisy, so they simply dont leave their homes. Sometimes for a few months. Sometimes for decades. Oga
Kofi annan as we open the 21st century, more than 110 million schoolage children are not attending school. Two thirds are girls. The key to all the locks that are keeping girls out of school, from poverty to inequality to conflict, lies in basic education for all. We need all those with power to change things, to come together in a Global Alliance for Girls Education. That is why the United Nations is launching a new Global Initiative to educate girls to ensure that by 2015, boys and girls will have equal access to all levels of education. That is a test we must pass, and we shall pass it only if children all over the world can pass the test of basic education and go on to pass to test of life. [applause] [manisha] [manisha] [bhukiya] [upendra] [upendra] [manisha] [teacher] [children shout] [manisha] [rooster crows] [woman sings in foreign language] sit down here and tell me a story when youre with friends no need to hurry no more rush, no more haste no more when youre with friends no
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