Make Poverty History – Blog Action Day 2008
Posted in Event | By AhTim @ October 15th, 2008
Today is my 2nd time to join Blog Action Day. The theme for Blog Action Day 2008 is “Poverty”. I hope my post bring “make poverty history” awareness to my reader.
Instead of blogging here, what can we do to help reduce poverty? Many events will be hold around the world in next few days. The goal is to end poverty and inequality.
What action can you take (at home) to help end poverty?
Kiva Loan Help Entrepreneurs
Kiva is a micro-lending website. It allow you to lend small amount of money to specific entrepreneur. They need the money to improve their business and hopefully lift themselves out of poverty.
You may check out their business model before lend your money. Overtime, the entrepreneur repays their loan. When you get money back, can re-lend to someone else in need. LiewCF already joined and become lender in Kiva.
World Vision Help Children
World Vision is a relief, development and advocacy organisation to help children, families and communities to overcome poverty. World Vision setup branch in most countries. You may visit the World Vision site in your country.
The “Sponsor A Child” campaign is widely spread via media. With only RM50 (~$15.20 USD) a month, you could help a child growing up in a poor country. The contribution does not given to the child directly. Instead, World Vision collect as a pool then implement long-term, community-wide plan help to overcome poverty. (Sponsor a child here if you affordable to do so)
My two cents
We should try our best to help poverty. It is a virtuous. But I believe human is not able to overcome poverty as long as greedy human rules the world. God’s Kingdom is only the hope to overcome poverty.
What action have you taken to help poverty? Please share with us, I would like to hear from you.
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