| Uncultured Project |
Highly rated YouTube channel documenting one man’s efforts against Poverty. |
| Causes of Poverty |
Fact sheets, statistics and articles on the causes and effects of Global Poverty |
| Hans Rosling Talk at TED (Video) |
Fascinating talk by Researcher Hans Rosling demoing some great statistics |
| Girl Effect |
Interesting project with a really worthwhile video |
| WorldBank’s Poverty Net |
Lots of resources providing introductory information to poverty measurement and analysis |
| End Poverty by 2015 |
Just 7 years to go to achieve the goals of the Millenium Campaign |
| End Poverty Blog |
Daily log of experts from around the world promoting the Millennium Development Goals and the global fight against poverty. |
| Stand Up Against Poverty |
Auspiciously occurring just two days after Blog Action Day, this is a fantastic effort to be a part of! |
| Our Day to End Poverty: 24 Ways You Can Make a Difference |
A very worthwhile read! |
| Results |
A nonprofit grassroots advocacy organization committed to creating the political will to end hunger |
| Global Call to Action Against Poverty |
This global alliance is made up of a diverse range of coalitions, community groups, trade unions, individuals, faith groups and campaigners, who are all committed to the fight against poverty. |
| World Food Programme |
The world’s frontline organisation fighting hunger. |
| Oxfam International |
We believe we can end poverty and injustice, as part of a global movement for change. |
| Spotlight On Poverty |
An organisation that aims to highlight issues relating to poverty in the United States of America, and to ask the presidential candidates about their plans in this respect. |
| Moving Up USA |
A voice for reducing poverty & boosting social mobility |
| Making Poverty History |
offers lots of useful ideas and resources about poverty and related global issues |
More Resources
http://www.miniature-earth.com/index.html
Please list our site as a resource. Catholic Charities USA launched a Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America, the goal of which is to cut poverty in half by the year 2020. Our website is www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/poverty
http://www.charitynavigator.org
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Mercy Corps is a proud recipient of the 2008 Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award.
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided more than $1.5 billion in assistance to people in 106 nations. Supported by headquarters in North America and Europe, the agency’s global programs employ 3,500 staff worldwide and reach more than 16.4 million people in more than 35 countries. Over the past five years, more than 89 percent of the agency’s resources have been allocated directly to programs that help people in need. For more information, visit www.mercycorps.org.
Interested in attending Mercy Corps events? Check out http://www.mercycorps.org/getinvolved/events to see if there is an event in your area.
Business Fights Poverty: A free-to-join, fast-growing, international network for professionals passionate about fighting world poverty through good business.
http://www.businessfightspoverty.org
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Millennium Promise is an organization co-founded by Jeffrey Sachs that works to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Our work is premised on the belief that, for the first time in history, our generation has the opportunity to end extreme poverty, hunger and preventable disease.
To learn more about our organization, visit: www.MillenniumPromise.org.
One of our main projects is the Millennium Villages project, a sustainable development initiative that works in 10 countries in rural, sub-Saharan Africa. In partnership with the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the United Nations Development Programme, the Millennium Villages project is demonstrating how the MDGs can be achieved through targeted, integrated and community-led investments in agriculture, education, health and infrastructure.
To learn more about the Millennium Villages project, visit: http://www.millenniumpromise.org/site/PageServer?pagename=mv_main.
www.worldconcern.org/blogactionday/PovertyPhotos.zip
2 more great resources: http://www.worldvision.org/ and http://www.seekjustice.org/
Economic Policy Institute
http://www.epi.org/
Agenda for Shared Prosperity
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/shared_prosperity_overview.pdf
http://www.mdgprogress.org/
http://www.elisecommunications.com/
http://solvepoverty.com/
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