The Basic Education Coalition (BEC) coordinates implementing partners and convenes stakeholders to strengthen U.S. Government-funded international education programming, in support of global stability and economic growth. BEC leverages collective technical expertise and combines advocacy efforts to raise a unified voice to ensure U.S. policy-makers support and strengthen basic education for low- and middle-income countries.

You've heard the ethical case for why the U.S. should remain a leader in foreign assistance.

But did you know that cuts to foreign aid hurt us here at home too?

• Thousands of American workers lose their jobs

• Hundreds of faith-based organizations and nonprofits are forced to close their doors

• And struggling U.S. farmers lose access to foreign markets, at a time when they can least afford it.

Sudden halts to foreign assistance have a devastating impact to our own economy, to our international reputation, and to our influence abroad.

Investing overseas, especially in education, makes us all safer, stronger, and more prosperous.

Please like and share this video to encourage the U.S. Government to rethink its approach to foreign aid…before it’s too late.

Find out how our members effect real change on the BEC Blog and Impact page. 

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