Ambassador and education activist Shakira met with three girls from different African countries to discuss the state of education in the continent and their own experiences of schooling. The meeting with the girls came as 1GOAL released.

Its Annual "School Report" which showed that many donor countries including Japan, Italy and America are not paying their fair share for education and as the UN confirmed that in 2010, African countries may be facing education cuts of up to $4.6 bn as a result of the financial crisis.

Earlier in Johannesburg, Shakira met with Diane Takawira, 12 from Zimbabwe, Mary Chileshe who is 14 from Zambia and Nthabiseng Tshabalala 12, from South Africa. The four discussed their experiences of going to school and the forthcoming Education Summit which will take place on Sunday July 11th.