Extreme poverty

10 City Bridge Run- Objectives 1, 2, 3.

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Display inside UN NY: Malaria kills 700,000 children every year. Child mortality is complex with many causes

There are three objectives for the 10 City Bridge Run:

  1. Raise the awareness of an individual’s capacity to act to positively influence the eradication of extreme poverty from our world.
  2. Make representation of a global ‘pictorial petition’ to the G20 leadership at the 2010 G20 Summit to be held in Seoul as well as to the United Nations Secretary General. The ‘pictorial petition’ will be in the form of a book featuring 24,000 photographs of people as ‘bridge builders’- connecting with each other symbolically to raise the awareness of this issue.
  3. Identify 10 actionable items which people across the globe can participate in which will make a difference over the next five years to help in the eradication of extreme poverty. These action items are not pre-determined, and will be arrived through a crowd-sourcing process during the month of running.

Join us on the journey: be part of the difference that makes a difference.

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Pause and reflection: musical interlude on 9/11

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Sydney Harbour Bridge IMG_5264
Sydney Harbour Bridge

This morning we launched the 10 City Bridge Run with a spirited gang of runners and walkers rejoicing in glorious Spring weather to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge to Milsons Point. Photos and more details later this evening.

Today is also the 9th anniversary of 9/11. What a decade! Some writing over the past nine years has spoken about the importance of eradication of extreme poverty because of the strategic gain it presents in the so-called ‘War Against Terrorism’. While this might be a desirable indirect consequence, our efforts to eradicate extreme poverty should have the aim of ending needless suffering so unevenly distributed across the world.

Here is a musical interlude from The Black Eyed Peas reminding us that too many Bridge Builders is never enough. The is still much more work for all of us to do.

Its time to change the narrative, and a positive outcome is truly within our reach. The Millennium Development Goals provide a useful framework through which to work toward the eradication of extreme poverty. The journey ahead over the next 42 days for me is as much a process of learning and inquiry- I don’t have the answers, let alone a few comprehension of the issue in its entirety.

Please join me in learning more about the issue of extreme poverty and what is actionable to make a meaningful difference through our own actions.

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