18 countries around the world have held high-profile 'send-off' events to launch their 'friends' on their journey to take young people's demands to Scotland or combine their GCAP plans with messages from the Send My Friend to School campaign. Campaigners hope the events around the world will attract further media attention and mobilise public opinion in favour of increased G8 aid commitments and debt cancellation, with a particular emphasis on our collective responsibility to make sure every girl and boy in the world can go to school. For further information, please see: http://www.campaignforeducation.org/