End Poverty

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  • End Poverty

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  • Last Login: 11/3/2009

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    "ONE DEATH IS A TRAGEDY, A MILLION DEATHS IS A STATISTIC." -Joseph Stalin





    POVERTY STATISTICS


    "Statistics are another word for problems with the tears wiped away"




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    “The lives of 1.7 million children
    will be needlessly lost this year [2000] because world governments have failed to reduce poverty levels”


    Around the world, some 26,500 children die every day.


    That is equivalent to:


    *1 child dying every 3 seconds

    *18 children dying every minute

    *A 2004 Asian Tsunami occurring every week

    *An Iraq-scale death toll every 15–36 days

    *Almost 10 million children dying every year

    *Some 60 million children dying between 2000 and 2006




    The silent killers are poverty, hunger, easily preventable diseases and illnesses, and other related causes. In spite of the scale of this daily/ongoing catastrophe, it rarely manages to achieve, much less sustain, prime-time, headline coverage.

    -The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants.

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    -A few hundred millionaires now own as much wealth as the world’s poorest 2.5 billion people.

    -“The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.”

    "The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty." -Secretary of State Colin Powell

    *War is also a cause of poverty just as poverty can help set the stages of war.*




    Instead of this money going to kill people, imagine if it was spent to save people and destroy some of the underlying causes of war...



    -“Approximately 790 million people in the developing world are still chronically undernourished, almost two-thirds of whom reside in Asia and the Pacific.”

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    According to UNICEF, 30,000 children die each day due to poverty. And they “die quietly in some of the poorest villages on earth, far removed from the scrutiny and the conscience of the world. Being meek and weak in life makes these dying multitudes even more invisible in death.”

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    -That is about 210,000 children each week, or just under 11 million children under five years of age, each year.


    -“Today, across the world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.3 billion have no access to clean water.




    BUT THERE IS HOPE...



    At the Millennium Summit in September 2000 the largest gathering of world leaders in history adopted the UN Millennium Declaration, committing 191 nations to a new global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound targets, with a deadline of 2015, that have become known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

    Set for the year 2015, the MDGs are an agreed set of goals that can be achieved if all actors (participants) work together and do their part. Poor countries have pledged to govern better, and invest in their people through health care and education. Rich countries have pledged to support them, through aid, debt relief, and fairer trade. The eight MDG's are:

    MDG 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
    MDG 2: Achieve universal primary education


    MDG 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
    MDG 4: Reduce child mortality


    MDG 5: Improve maternal health
    MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases


    MDG 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
    MDG 8: Develope a global partnership for development


    There is an ENORMOUS uniting of people ALL across our planet to help end extreme poverty. Hope is growing. New methods are advancing. Lives...are...being ...saved!..

    It is inspiring to see this global uniting, here are links to the biggest poverty fighting sites of each country. 

    If your country is not listed here you can visit
    The Global Call to Action Against Poverty


    ..LINKS..

    ..Speaking for those not heard..

    The ONE Campaign

    makepovertyhistory.org

    Global Exchange

    .. Child Sponsorship..

    Children International

    keepachildalive.org

    ..Fair Trade..

    fairtrade.org

    Equal Exchange

    ..Donations..

    The Global Fund

    World Food Programme

    Food Not Bombs




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Please have a listen to these songs, the profits from every download will be donated to those in need. See blog for more detail. Thank you!






Click each day to give free food!







WHAT YOU CAN DO


To anyone who actually takes action, please put up a comment or message me to let me know. (That's the equivelant of getting paid to me!)

1) Awareness - Spread the message using all types of media. Place my link when you feel inclined to do so. Do this in a legal manner i.e. - No Spamming.

2) Actors - Become a voice for those in poverty.

3) MUSICIANS - Create a theme song or album with the information provided on this site. Coordinate concerts with other musicians and promoters along with providing information (fliers, stickers, t-shirts etc.) on how people can help to fight extreme poverty. Post a comment on this site to coordinate with other people who wish to be involved with this type of poverty awareness.

4) Write your local member of congress or MP about this issue. This can be done by using the map below or through these hyperlinks: United States Congress, United Kingdom's Government, or Australia's Government

5) Comment section - Utilize the comment section for coordinating with other people. Post a comment, if you have any ideas on how to help end extreme poverty.

6) Sponsor a Child with- Children International-

7) Get the Media Involved-Write letters to the local and national papers. Always remember that local media are always looking for good stories.

8) Make a simple donation- 9) Volunteer Abroad-Global Crossroads-

10) Put Your Money to Good Work

     a)Buy Fair Trade products-      b)Substitute with Product(RED) when purchasing items, shop online at TheHungerSite, or buy products from Working Assets who offers among other things a cell phone service where a percentage of the charge of every call you make goes to a good cause.

     c) Bank at a socially responsible bank or credit union...




CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
JUST CLICK YOUR STATE, AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN YOUR CONGRESSMEN'S CONTACT INFO! Please write! PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO TO ASSIST YOU IN FORMING YOUR LETTER

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WELCOME TO MY PROFILE AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE!! -
Name:Brandon May
My Heritage:Ultimately the same as yours.
Weakness:That I can't help more.
Fears:Being alive without living with passion
Goal I Would Like To Achieve This Year:Improve myself and help others with every opportunity
Thoughts First Waking Up:DAMN, 9,600 children died needlessly of AIDS and extreme poverty in the 8 hours that I was sleeping.
What do I want to be when I Grow Up:An inspiration to someone.
What country I would most like to Visit:India, New Zealand, and of course Africa
Number of things in my Past I Regret:Things happen for a reason.
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Who I'd like to meet:


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YOU, Bono, Jeffrey Sachs, Muhammad Yunus, Bill and Melinda Gates, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Nelson Mandela, Einstein, Gordon Brown, and any other person interested in making this world better than it is while they are here.

Also: Anyone that is either truly happy or inspired.

Please feel free to message if you have any suggestions on any changes or improvements that you would like to see in this site. It's all appreciated!

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  • SarahSarah Healy Online Now!

    Oct 9 2009 10:30 AM

    Tonight I am 

    Remembering the colors, the sights the sounds of Africa............

    Can you hear the people singing, Do you hear the sounds of nature????
    Why do we still the beautiful voices of man and woman, child and nature through
    violent and oppressive actions. Hear them cry out..... we are all a part of the circle of life
    Each beautifully and uniquely created. 


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    BORN FREE............SAYS,... IF,... ""JAH"" DID NOT LOVE

    (((US)))........,

    HOLD ON TO ""JAH"" WITH BOTH HANDS,....SOMETIMES IN LIFE,.... ALL U HAVE IS UR FAITH,.......HOWEVER ,...IT IS ALL U NEED,...LOVE IS FREEEEEEEEEEEEE....,....I LOVE TO LOVE YOU !!!!











  • Sep 22 2009 3:06 AM

    Hi End Poverty,

    Thanks for the add, your friendship and supporting our cause of PTSD Awareness!

    I really appreciate, respect and support the VERY important work you're doing for this most important cause.

    You *ARE* Loved :)
    ♥ Joanne ♥

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  • Sep 22 2009 3:06 AM

    Independent State of Southern Sudan!
  • Sep 17 2009 2:09 AM

    Give Thanks
    One Jahful week for you and yours
    Blessed Love



  • Sep 15 2009 3:50 AM



     
    love forever,
    me!anie
  • Sep 15 2009 3:50 AM

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  • Aug 20 2009 4:00 AM

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    “The Great Architect may be a metaphor alluding to the godhead potentiality of every individual. That invisible power which all know does exist, but understood by many different names, such as God, Spirit, Supreme Being, Intelligence, Mind, Energy, Nature and so forth.  The Great Architect is also an allusion to the observer created universe. We create our own reality; hence we are the architect. Another way would to be to say that the mind is the builder”.
  • Aug 20 2009 3:58 AM



    Thank you for being our friend

     

     


     

     


     
    Southern Sudanese, Co-hoster


  • Aug 20 2009 3:54 AM

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  • Aug 20 2009 3:52 AM

    I've listend to this song thousands of times but today i saw a bumper sticker on a car that read: Support our Troops, Bring them home, ALIVE!

    Today I watched this video for the first time, the music is still good but the wars have been around too long now. Time to lay down our weapons. Share food, technology, wealth, education, medical supplies, and love.
    love and peace 2 U!
    me!i
  • Aug 20 2009 3:51 AM


     

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    Aug 20 2009 3:47 AM


    mars, red, planet Pictures, Images and PhotosCheck it out, guess no one will get much sleep in August. Mars The Red Planet is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. The next time Mars may come this close is in 2287. Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the Last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. At a modest 75 75-power magnification Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot. At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. By the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history. So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month. Share this with your children and grandchildren. NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN!Earth Pictures, Images and Photos
  • Aug 20 2009 3:45 AM

    My brothers and sisters around the world, Do not despair, do not lose heart, I am with you.
    In spirit I travel by your side, I fight the deepest oceans, the hottest deserts, the changing tides.
    I hold your hand and I bow my head in prayer, I love with you, I cry with you, I laugh with you
    I am a part of you. Maybe we have never seen each others face or held each others hand.
    Perhaps we have never walked down the same streets or traveled to each others land.
    Yet I am with you, as certain as the sun that rises, as steady as the moon that lights the way by night.
    I am steady, tried and true, I am one with you. May you and yours be blessed!!!
  • Aug 20 2009 3:42 AM

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    Help build 3 of The Tibetan Photo Project Film Maker Education Centers in India so that Tibetans can continue to grow their voice through their films http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com




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  • Aug 20 2009 3:41 AM

    With respect and honor, we just want to say thank you for being our friend.  Your continuing supporting Southern sudan has always been blessed! May peace, and grace of God be with you, your family and friends in God's name!  Have a blessed weekend; may your weekday be blessed and joyful too!
  • Aug 20 2009 3:40 AM


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  • Aug 20 2009 3:37 AM

    We are devoted to promoting character education as the main tool for positive character development. Tell us what you think & help us educate today for peace tomorrow!
    To Change The Hearts And Minds-Part 1!
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  • Aug 20 2009 3:36 AM

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  • Aug 20 2009 3:35 AM

    Thank you for the friendship.




    " There's still time to save the children..."

    ~ John Clark
  • Jun 26 2009 4:52 AM


    hugs,
    ~melanie~
  • Ewa

    Jun 27 2009 9:49 AM

    compassion Pictures, Images and Photos
    Three passions have governed my life:
    The longings for love, the search for knowledge,
    and unbearable compassion.

    Love brings ecstasy and relieves loneliness.
    In the union of love I have seen
    In a mistic miniature the prefiguring vision
    Of the heavens thet saints and poets have imagined.

    With equal passion I have sought knowledge.
    I have wished to understand the hearts.
    I have wished to know why the stars shine.

    Love and knowledge led upwards to the heavens,
    But always compassion brought me back to the earth;
    cries of pain reverberated in my heart
    Of children in femine, of victims tortured
    And of old people left heloless.
    I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
    And I too suffer...

    THIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE; I FOUND IT WORTH LIVING
  • Jul 1 2009 3:36 AM

    I hope you don't mind, if the illest words you ever heard, flow through me right about now. Now that you're here. Glad you tuned in. Please turn to God. Listen, I got a vision.

    Verse 1:
    Ain't it about time that we start livin this life by leadin as examples. (yeah) Before this world that exists ends up rottin to the core by one bad apple.(umm) From my block to Bancock, it's a mighty big world much further than the eye can see.(yeah) That's no excuse for you and I to think what if things still don't afect you and me. The things we don't see. I think we need to recognize.

    Chorus:
    Who (who) who (oh yea) who who (who you) who who (if you don't recognize). Who (who) who (oh oh) who who (who) who who.

    Verse 2:
    Yeah you got the crib of ya dreams and you rollin on dubs. But tell me where's the love. (where) You betta rememba, for every picket fence in the suburbs, down the street there's a growin ghetto, on the other side. (yea) And how along the way where did we how did we forget about the children. (oh oh) Maybe that's why we're playin catchup tryna make up for ones we lost over time. (oh failin to realize0 ( oh yea, oh yea)

    Chorus:
    Who (oh oh) who (who cares) who who (who's gonna lead us) who who (is anybody listening out there) who (it's so who) who (who yea) who who (oh) who who (you gotta understand).

    Verse 3:
    ???, if a bombshell falls (falls). Then the children, and the laughter, the green pastures would come to an end.See the choice (choices we make) we make seals our faith (ooh Lord yea). So glad you tuned in. Hello, is anybody listening out there (oh)... Need some time to breathe (yea). We all need time to breathe, get our thoughts together (yea).

    Chorus:
    Who (who) who (who) who who (who's gonna care) who who (oh who Lord) who (who) who (who) who who (who) who who (who).

    Bridge:
    Who's gonna really care, who's gonna take us there, who's gonna change there ways, who's gonna p