Aid makes a real difference. It can save lives, put kids into school, and reduce poverty and suffering. But at the moment no one knows exactly how much money is being spent, where or on what.

Over three days of action, Australians have called on our politicians to “Keep the Promise‟ to the world’s poorest people. As global financial instability threatens to be on the rise again, there has never been a more important time for Australian politicians to reaffirm their commitment to help halve global poverty by 2015, according to [...]

The global Tax Justice Network has released the latest Financial Secrecy Index. The index provides a ranking order of countries most aggressively providing secrecy in global finance. In working to achieve the MDGs, MPH supports the index as it calls attention to the importance of ensuring that developing countries are receiving the revenue they are [...]

Use the template below to send a letter to your MP asking them to help keep the promise to the world’s poor and the commitment to halve global poverty by 2015!   Dear, I am writing to you as a member of your electorate. As you may know, 17 October is the Global Day for the [...]

This October 15-17, join us in reminding Australian politicians to Keep The Promise to the world’s poor and the commitment to halve global poverty by 2015.

Make Poverty History (MPH) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Australian Government to match dollar-for-dollar all public donations made to eligible Australian aid and development agencies working in the Horn of Africa. The humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa has worsened in the past few months with more than 13 million people affected by famine. [...]