Beginning on April 1st, 2012 MPH supporter Matt Napier will embark on an epic bike ride from Perth to Canberra to raise awareness of the urgent need for action to halve global poverty by 2015. His 3908km journey will finish on May 12 in Canberra at the Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL game. Matt hopes [...]

Well we have made it to Port Augusta and said goodbye to the Nullarbor Plain. The last 25km into Port Augusta was a bit hairy as the road really narrowed and the road trains were in abundance so had to stop a fair few times to allow the road trains to pass.  As we were [...]

We’re at the halfway point between the upcoming Federal Budget and World Health Day – so it’s a great time to reflect on the links between health, aid and the achievement of the MDGs. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Health Organsiation [...]

As over 2 million primary school kids around Australia settle into the first term of 2012, there are some 70 million children who are unable to attend primary school in the developing world. Conflict, a lack of access, poverty, gender barriers, and emergency situations are inequalities that severely hamper efforts to reach MDG 2: Achieve [...]

After a few days rest it has given me some time to reflect on why I am doing this ride. There are 21,000 thousand children under the age of 5 that will die from starvation today. I struggle to comprehend our own governments thinking in trying to block the Robin Hood Tax from going through [...]

Well we made Ceduna which is half way on the ride. Can’t believe we made half way let alone making it a week ahead of schedule. It enables us to take a few days break and prepare for the 2nd half of the trip. The 2nd half will have a lot more hills so I [...]

Make Poverty History partner World Vision Australia went out on the streets to find out what Australians thought of our overseas aid spending. The results are interesting, especially when they are told of the real costs, and benefits of our aid budget. Take action and tell the Australian Government that you support overseas aid.

  Make Poverty History is excited to announce our support of the The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) once again in 2012!