In My Name - End Poverty - Be the Generation

In 2000, 189 governments made the historic commitment to half extreme poverty by 2015. We are halfway to the deadline, but poverty still kills 50,000 people every day. We can be the generation that ends poverty. We must act now!

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• millennium
• development
• goals
• MDGs
• will.i.am
• poverty
• oxfam
• missy
• higgins
• kristin
• davis
• scarlett
• johansson

[dirtyxdeeds]

Before you can end poverty you must end the wars

[Fuchsia]

The governments can't do anything if they don't have a plan. Inspiration and demands are not enough. WHAT IS THE PLAN?????

[SuperGoretski]

We DO have the ability to end global poverty. Governments and multilateral organizations such as the WTO, IMF and the UN all have significant roles to play. Thus far, the roles they have chosen to play is to support the rich and ignore the poor. Society as a whole also has to play a role in this too.  CONSUMERISM . . . The rich have to be willing to live to a lower standard of living. The rich need to live simply, so that others can simply live!!!

[pakau]

@Fuchsia there are a lots of new plans.. including sustainable economys, cooperative economies , and economies based on resources and not on money, the problem is not the lack of solutions, the problem is the richest people on the world just listen to 1% of what is sayed about this causes, including war, poverty , capitalism breackdown .. etc... so thats why howr society develops very slowly in this dirction.... rich peopl only listen to a fraction of what they showld. :( 

[donsjuand]

@Fuchsia If you're interested, you can check out the UN website.

[donsjuand]

@dirtyxdeeds With all the people in the world, we should be able to multitask :)

[MissBKR]

In my name, Lets not be Emu's and make Poverty History!

[pbodymathis]

We will always have the poor, we will always have wars and rumors of war. The US is a great example of giving billions to poor, developing countries ... unfortunately most of the money only benefits the ruling party and friends. Look at the former leader of Egypt, 80 billions in assets? I did not know his job paid so well.... Only faith in Jesus Christ can help and give hope.

[Rachulie]

if our only hope is that all govts hear us, then we have no plan. what can we REALLY do to help? i want to know how i can dedicate my life to improving the quality of life for ppl. not jus feeding them for 3 months and leaving like some do.

Can NO ONE tell me how i can really help? what do i major in? who do i work with/for? what's the career title?

all i want to do is help ppl it shouldnt be this hard, if it were clearer how to help maybe ppl wouldnt be suffering!!!!

[sassychocolet]

3 people don't know how its to be poor.....

[TiyBoo]

@dirtyxdeeds Wars will never end. That's just the way we are wired: unfortunately...

[cpretartedmuch]

@shonga69au1 what do you suppose