Global Poverty Project Trailer

http://www.globalpovertyproject.com/ The concept behind the Global Poverty Project. Catalyzing the movement to end extreme poverty. Come and see a presentation from July 4 onwards.
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[optimusprimo69]

In the book Dead Aid, former World Bank economist Moyo describes the inherent problems of continually providing aid to Africa, and the cycle of dependency condemning third world countries to long-term poverty instead of empowering them to engage in constructive nation building. We are not the first generation that could have eradicated extreme poverty so I hope we are the ones that can make significant inroads to eradicate the agricultural subsidies that have kept aid unproductive up till now.

[Global Citizen]

Great observation - agricultural subsidies and other barriers certainly limit the effectiveness of aid, and our ability to end extreme poverty depends not just on how much aid we give, but how we engage with Africa and those in extreme poverty in all regards.

For us as everyday citizens, it means that ending poverty is about doing more than making donations, important though that is. The products we buy, the media we consume, the time we give and the choices we make in our democracy all matter.

[Gr33nWAR]

Donate all the money you like, it wont get rid of poverty. (you may notice poverty exists in "first world" countries too) Charities and Fund raising is a band-aid solution and although it doesn't solve the problem, it does make some people and organisations very rich. If you want to end poverty, invest and build infrastructure and educate the population... Unfortunately for them, there is more money to be made by deliberately keeping "developing countries" poor.

Activist =/= Action

[Global Citizen]

Inequality will always exist - there will always be people who are richer and poorer.

But, in a world with so much prosperity, there is no reason - ethical, social, political or economic - that 1.4 billion people continue to live in extreme poverty, or on less than the purchasing power of US$1.25 a day.

It's this sort of poverty that we talk about in the presentation, and it's this sort of poverty that we have the opportunity to end within a lifetime.

[huntforthelifeofrs]

if there were 100 people on earth if you had a bed and a closet your in the top 75% of the richest people in the world

[Kek Virag]

I am ready to help this global poverty project. Please send me all contact details of the organizers!!!! Thank you!!!

[vthilton]

With sharing the world's resources there will be world justice. With world justice there will be world peace. With world peace there will be a world left. Feed the little ones. The world's future is in humanity's hands. The problem is in our own world's backyard.

[timboincorporated]

Not meaning to be cynical, but as soon as a few more billion have enough money to buy cars and use more energy the poverty issue will be the last one we think about.

The planet isn't big enough to handle all of it's population living well. We will also run out of food and energy quickly and it will be harder to adapt as much of the money will have been spent on the issue of poverty.

First we need to be able to handle everyone on the planet living well.

[MoujiSan]

Tony Blair !!

Are you joking!!!

What has this liar done to Iraq!!!

[MoujiSan]

this is so ambiguous!

there needs to be focused goals

eg.

stop debt on foreign loans....

This just justifies "tecnocrats" "expertcrats' to talk, but never really achieve it...

No offence to Hugh, his heart is in the right place for sure....

But try the World Social Forum in Brazil, not the World Economic forum in Switzerland....

Read some John Pilger about the danger if these entertaining/mass media efforts to "stop poverty"...

peace

[Spange666]

what are you doing? do you live in luxury compared to other. do you have a disposable income.

what do you spend that on, movies, clothes, expensive fast food, entertainment. ?

or stopping poverty.

'Let deeds not words be your adorning'.

[MrZenic]

what are the rich doing? Do they really need all the luxury in the world? How much more shall the disparity between the rich and poor will grow..

[07751434]

Give money and tell others to. Every bit helps. Caritas has a 'hope giver' program where you give money automaticaly every month. This way less the administrators of caritas get less of your money and more money gets to the people you want it to get to. check it out.

[rubygirlfly]

Part 3

I appreciate the intention, but cant help to feel our desire for social justice has been hijacked by governors of our economic world.

Please do keep going, but please make sure you are asking the right questions as you proceed.

[rubygirlfly]

Part 2

Poverty is sad. look in our own backyards and you will see we have not done that great a job in finding a solution.

People feel dissatisfied, for communities to work we have different roles that we rate & reward with money? I dont think our rating system works very well?

We buy things we dont need & with food under lock and key (available only at a price) we can make ourselves feel better (by going outside of the natural order of the world) but at what cost to our overall survival?