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.
Sign the letter below and we’ll ensure your message is delivered to the parliamentarians of Australia.
To the members of the Australian Parliament:
As you may know, 17 October is the Global Day for the Eradication of Poverty. I am writing to ask you to help Australia “Keep the Promise” to the world’s poor.
In 2000, Australia, along with all countries in the world, signed on to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – a global promise to halve extreme poverty by 2015. This critical date is now just over 3 years away.
Much progress has been made towards the MDGs, such as a significant improvement in child mortality rates.
However, each day 21,000 children still die from preventable causes.
While Australia has increased its Official Development Assistance (ODA) significantly since 2000, it is still only around half of the global promise of 0.7% of national income.
I urge you to help ensure Australia continues its bipartisan commitment of scaling up ODA to 0.5% of national income by 2015, and puts forward a timetable for reaching the global goal of 0.7%. This is vital to us playing our part in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
As UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon states in the 2011 MDG Report, “Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept”. Please help ensure Australia keeps our promise.
October 12th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Make Poverty History,
is excellent to what it is trying to achieve, BUT as i have just read
14,000 lives are saved per day over the last 20yrs, seems SO LITTLE amount of lives to be saved!
Why can it not be ALL LIVES TO BE SAVED as JUST ONE LIFTE LOST is too many…..
My sisters and i were part of 2007 MPH and it was wonderful to put on a Hair/a/thon to raise funds and awareness thru volunteer hairdressers and the precious people who came into my salon at Hair Collections Croydon Park.
My only thought is that if ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD who ate a meal would share that meal with one person who had nothing to eat, the world would be in a better place.
thanxs. a,.