Tag Archives: Poverty

No fireworks tonight

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

Actually, the big cities of the world will be full of fireworks this evening at the time zones move past midnight- there will be plenty of fireworks. Not so for many of millions of people. Should we not spend the … Continue reading →

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Complexity and Simplicity: Avoiding the ‘Too Simple’

Posted on November 10, 2010 by

The problem with ‘poverty porn’ is not that it is actually ‘porn’. If that were the case it would be the most appalling failure of care meaning that aid agencies would be distributing inappropriate pictures of the vulnerable in order … Continue reading →

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Incongruence and empty seats

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

    Unhappy with the “still unsatisfactory” public attendance at competition venues, the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), on Saturday, launched an investigation into complaints of unavailability of tickets despite many seats lying vacant at some stadiums. At a Press conference … Continue reading →

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Complex

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

I was speaking with my friend last night, Armen, who lives in a part of Sydney known for its relative poverty. The area around Macquarie Park has changed radically over the last 11 years. Now there is a train line … Continue reading →

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The Big Divide- Rich and Poor

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

The Sydney Morning Herald reported a story titled The big divide: the super rich versus struggle street. I thought it was worth looking at this further from a perspective of extreme poverty. Is there any correlation? Is this part of the … Continue reading →

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Philanthropy at work

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

The 10 City Bridge Run is philanthropy at work. Philanthropy doesn’t mean Not-For-Proft. It means doing good in the interests of others. Please sponsor the book “Above the Line” for $24 and help make a difference to poverty in our … Continue reading →

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Goodooga. Postcode 2831

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

Goodooga, located 200 km from Lightning Ridge in Northern NSW has a population of around 270 people, of which more than 80% are Indigenous. Look it up yourself on googlemaps…it is real. The town has a strong community spirit and is … Continue reading →

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6 good reasons to start in sydney

Posted on September 19, 2010 by

Good friends of mine asked why I hadn’t planned to start running in Sydney. Their argument was compelling and so I changed my plans to begin my journey here and then travel to New York. Here are the six main … Continue reading →

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Impossibly possible!

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

Thanks to my mate Scott Thompson in New York from Intersections International who gave me this perspective of something, like a crazy global endurance challenge being “impossibly possible”. But let’s go back to the data and see how reframing a … Continue reading →

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Is the seemingly impossible possible? Muhammad Yunus and the idea of a ‘poverty museum’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by

Professor Muhammad Yunus who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, during the Skoll World Forum of Social Entrepreneurship held at Oxford earlier in 2006 spoke of his idea of a ‘Poverty Museum’ to be built in the future … Continue reading →

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