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G Summit: Funds Education and Buenos Aires

g summit: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a plenary session on the second day of the G20 Leader's Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 1, according to Toronto Star. The Associated Press Trudeau tweeted to Noah, who is hosting the festival, that Canada would give the money to Education Cannot Wait, an organization that funds education for children affected by conflicts, natural disasters and other crises. Celebrities gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday for the Global Citizen Festival Mandela 100, a charity concert honouring Nelson Mandela a century after he was born. Global Citizen is an organization that wants to end extreme poverty by 2030. Article Continued Below Hey Trevornoah thanks for everything you're doing to celebrate Nelson Mandela's legacy at the Glbl Ctzn festival. Its Mandela 100 campaign sought to bring in US 1 billion in donations, and Global Citizen tweeted that the campaign surpassed that goal, bringing in over 7 billion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.