Poverty exists in many dimensions, from hunger to the lack of shelter to not knowing how to read. These dimensions, affecting nearly half of the worlds population, seriously limit people resulting in powerlessness and under-representation. Although recent statistics show improvements, poverty and all it entails still persist.
1.4 billion people on our planet live in extreme poverty. The Global Poverty Project's mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to see an end to extreme poverty.
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Logan MacGillivray - a 12 years old from Bedford Nova Scotia - has developed a project (with guidance from the Centre for Development and Peace Education) to send 40 foot shipping containers filled with educational, building and recreational materials to refurbish seven schools and build a community
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At ending global poverty, a campaign was launched with the song "In My Name" featuring Will.I.Am from Black Eyed Peas to encourage citizens from around the world to upload their videos on You Tube. The best videos will be shown to the world leaders at the U.N. Check out the video below!
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Over five million people have died during the past decade as a result of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Few people are aware of the unimaginable scale of human suffering, death, and destruction that has occurred in this vast country deep in the heart of Africa. In the aftermat
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A Child Walks Alone View article
by Lucia SobieckiA child walks alone. Adults don't see him.He's a ghost, an image of destruction. Broken, blood spattered hands, a charred black limb.Tears drowning in the annihilation.Adults run past, guns forever in hand.Bombs explode, bullets scream non stop at
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