A map of the world with the percentage of the population that lives under the national poverty line for each country along with the year of the survey. The data has been obtained from the World Bank.
Month: February 2016
Links
Links to organizations and initiatives that fight against poverty and information on activities that we can all assist.
The video below is from A Glimmer of Hope from their mission in Ethiopia
Poverty mashup
Do you know HOPE? Really?
Ok. I admit it. The title of my post is a bit misleading. I would like to talk to you about HOPE International, an international organization that presents itself as “a network of microfinance institutions operating in 17 countries around the world”. Continue reading “Do you know HOPE? Really?”
What would you do?
Would you walk on by, would you give the child some money, or ??
mashup of words the support our cause
Oxfam – Helping education in poverty
I have always had admiration for Oxfam (www.oxfam.org).
Recently they published a great article on the human rights to education, adding that 16 leading organizations have called for human rights to be at the heart of all development goals.
To read further please READ HERE
It’s up to us!
Great motivational words by an icon:
Podcast: Are you engaged to help fight poverty?
There are many ways one can help the fight against poverty.
In this podcast there are a few thoughts and pointers on how to get engaged.
Just a hand up please
This person is putting it all out there in search of something better. We should band together to help improve the social services that are available to folks who are down on their luck.
A site dedicated to fighting poverty in the World 