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Daily Archives: December 20, 2010
Fight Poverty! Act For Peace!
Overconsumption at Christmas? If you haven’t bought presents yet, and are just jaded by the plastic crap that no one really needs, consider giving money instead to Act for Peace so that people who have very little except from a … Continue reading
Posted in Act For Peace, Inspiration
Tagged Activism and Peace Work, Christmas, Peace
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Don’t forget the Americans! 1985
…and then there was USA for Africa. The refrain actually makes sense: “It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me“. This is perhaps the sentiment at the core of the 10 City Bridge Run. Joining together, the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Africa, USA for Africa
Tagged Africa, End of Poverty, USA for Africa
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Do They Know It’s Christmas?
So many good reasons to watch this video from 1984…totally fashion tragic in every sense. “Feed the World” was the refrain. How sad that today so many deaths occur from preventable disease. Hunger remains a problem. Many of these problems … Continue reading
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Starting to make poverty history?
What few people, including Bob Geldof, saw coming was the global financial crisis. As we draw close to the end of 2010, I was looking back on what people had to say about poverty in Africa in 2005. Bob Geldof for … Continue reading
