The Leader: Melissa Lipsett, CEO of Baptist World Aid Australia
JO KADLECEK speaks with Melissa Lipsett about her work with the aid agency, her time working in Navy intelligence and as a pastor, and the challenge of ending global poverty…
Essay: We are defeating global poverty. US Congress could set us back
DAVID BECKMANN, president emeritus of Bread for the World and coordinator of the Circle of Protection, says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that far-right Republicans are insisting on deep cuts in domestic and international poverty programs — though there is ample evidence both are working…
Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever – Bill Gates
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Across the world, the virus has deepened social and economic […]
Microfinance an important tool to help alleviate poverty but two billion still struggle to survive, says Opportunity International Australia head
Microfinance has been an important tool in halving the number of people living in poverty over the past 20 years but there are still some two billion people living on less than $US3.20 a day, according Meredith Scott, CEO of microfinance and development organisation Opportunity International. In comments made to mark the start of Anti-Poverty Week […]
Aid must be directed to the world’s poorest, as income gap increases – report
Thomson Reuters Foundation Development aid is failing to improve the lives of the poorest 20 per cent of the world’s population, according to a report published on Thursday that predicted growing global inequality. Poverty rates were halved under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, which were adopted in 2000 and replaced in 2015 with 17 […]
POVERTY: COOK YOUR FAVOURITE CURRY AND GIVE A HAND UP TO ASIA’S POOR
DAVID ADAMS fires up the stove in preparation for Opportunity International Australia’s Great Australian Curry campaign to raise awareness of and funds for people living in poverty in Asia…
International church grouping says action on world hunger needed if one sixth of world still hungry
ENInews An international grouping of churches and Christian organisations says that if one sixth of the world’s population is hungry when there is sufficient food to feed the world, then action to address the problem’s root causes is needed. The Geneva-based Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, which campaigns for food justice, said in a statement on 14th […]
APEC: CHRISTIANS URGE LEADERS NOT TO FORGET “THE POOREST AND MOST VULNERABLE”
DAVID ADAMS reports on calls for the APEC leaders to remember the least fortunate…
ESSAY: WE CAN MAKE POVERTY HISTORY – PROVIDED WE HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO DO SO
In an article first published in The Age newspaper, World Vision chief executive Tim Costello says Australia must find the political will to eradicate global poverty…
OAKTREE: INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION TO MEET THE CHALLENGE OF ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY
DAVID ADAMS reports on how youth run agency Oaktree are encouraging young people to actively work towards ending global poverty…