Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted a $50 million pledge for education for girls and women around the world.
Justin Trudeau✔@JustinTrudeau
Hey @Trevornoah – thanks for everything you’re doing to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s legacy at the @GlblCtzn festival. Sorry I can’t be with you – but how about Canada pledges $50M to @EduCannotWait to support education for women & girls around the world? Work for you? Let’s do it.
“This is amazing!” festival host Trevor Noah said as Trudeau’s tweet was shown on a big stadium screen.
Noah earlier recalled a comment by Mandela that poverty could be overcome through determined action. South Africa, where white minority rule ended a quarter-century ago, is struggling with one of the world’s highest rates of income inequality.
