There is more than enough food in the world so that no one need ever go hungry. Those who wish for a more peaceful, just and sustainable world are helping to make ending world hunger a major priority. In fact, all of the world's leaders agreed to cut the number of starving people in half by the year 2015 as the first priority of the Millennium Development Goals.
World Food Day / End Hunger Day is an opportunity for the global community to unite in an effort to help raise awareness about the global problem of hunger. World Food Day was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1980 to commemorate the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 1945 (resolution 35/70). The official goal of the day is to "heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty."
In December 1995, the General Assembly proclaimed the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006). In December 1996, the General Assembly declared the theme for the Decade as a whole to be "Eradicating poverty is an ethical, social, political and economic imperative of humankind."
The Department of Economic and Social Affairs is organizing this Forum on 15-16 November at United Nations Headquarters New York to mark the end of the First UN Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006).Visit the event website to obtain more information about the Forum and to pre-register online.
Launched by the United Nations Millennium Campaign, STAND UP is an exciting challenge to set an official Guinness World Record for the greatest number of people ever to Stand Up Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals. On October 15&16, the world will come together and STAND UP and remind their governments that promises to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and help the billions living in extreme poverty, must be kept. The purpose of the action is to raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to publicly demonstrate to policy makers the growing global support for the eradication of poverty. STAND UP is an initiative designed to coincide with Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) month of global mobilizations (www.whiteband.org ) around the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. We need everyone to take part to ensure governments listen and take action. Find out how you can Join an existing event in your area or Organize your own STAND UP events. Stand Up because: - Every day 24,000 people die from hunger - Every day more than 100 million children are denied the chance to go to school - Every day 1.1 billion people have to drink polluted water - Every day 8,200 people die due to HIV/AIDS
Season For Non-violence :
changing the world one
person at a time Inspired
by the 50th and 30th
memorial anniversaries of
Mahatma Gandhi and and
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.,the Season For
Non-violence will take
place around the world
from January 30th...
Reclaiming the season
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"Inspired by the
international successes
of Buy Nothing Day, and
disgusted with the
personal debt, spiritual
emptiness, and ecological
damage that the holiday
season now entails,
writers and activists
bega...
The state of our planet
is a little spooky right
now. Human activity and
modern conveniences are
taking a significant toll
on the plants, animals,
and natural resources we
rely on. Climate change,
species extinction, and
other urgent
environmental iss...
Jonathan S. Landay, John
Walcott and Nancy A.
Youssef, McClatchy
Newspapers: "President
Barack Obama is nearing a
decision to send more
than 30,000 additional
U.S. troops to
Afghanistan next year,
but he may not announce
it until after he
consults wit...
Sunday November 8,2009
By Lucy Johnston
CHILDREN are being
encouraged to use mobile
phones in school despite
dire warnings from health
chiefs.
Becta, a government
advisory group set up to
promote technology in
schools, has published a
study recommendi...
Message: daily Bible verse by Ingrid F.
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— Therefore we do not lose
heart. Though outwardly
we are wasting away, yet
inwardly we are being
renewed day by day. For
our light and momentary
troubles are achieving
for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them
all. So we fix our eyes
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— Hello friends i love all
the people and i want to
make close friends from
all over the world please
eny body sees my message
send me and i will be
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I'm quite upset after
reading this :
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It's in french, but can
be easily translated
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it, my mother language is
french but I try to do my
best in english.).
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— 091107 23:23The measure
of meaning & value in
life cannot be measured
in treasury=monetary
terms. Or the fear of
loss against profit:
Pleasure & Leisure
for 1% at the expense of
the 99%. Since it is in
giving that we receive
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