As Fi Bows to Peer Pressure

MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY Aotearoa Update

Its time for New Zealand to stand up. Last year Kiwis joined millions of people around the globe united in the largest movement against poverty the world has ever seen.

Since MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY began, an additional $50 billion annually was pledged to poor countries, 290 million people were freed for the first time of debt slavery, over 3 million people in Tanzania were fed, a national free health service was created in Zambia and 98% of children in Uganda went to school with free meals for the first time. These and many more changes happened because people like you used their voices, demanding an end to extreme poverty.

This is only the beginning. Millions of people still live in extreme poverty in our world.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Poverty is not inevitable. We need to rise up and tell our governments that we want them to make the changes that can mean the difference between life and death for millions of people.

You can use your voice to make change. Its time to stand up.

MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY Aotearoa is taking part in the global Month of Mobilisation (September 16-October 17), culminating in the International Day for the Eradication of World Poverty (White Band Day 4 - October 17).

During this month we need to show our Government that New Zealanders care.

If you’ve already shown your support, thank you. There is more you can do. Make sure that you take action during the Month of Mobilisation. Look out for emails, check the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY website for events, and encourage your friends, family, colleagues and peers to add their voices too.

To add your voice text “click” to 8466, or go to www.makepovertyhistory.org.nz. We are not asking for a donation. We want your voice, not your money.

It will only take you two minutes. In that time forty children die from extreme poverty. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Only together can we MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.

Thanks,

The MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY team
www.makepovertyhistory.org.nz

From Fi - I don’t think I could have said it any better. Please get involved, run events on campus, at church, or just spread the word around your work. The more involved, the more weight our voices carry.