Flood-ravaged Pakistan appeals for help
August 12, 2010
The United Nations is appealing to international donors for help in Pakistan, saying that the flood crisis that has already affected 14 million people is far from over.
U.N. Salutes Indigenous Filmmakers
August 11, 2010
Celebrating the International Day of the World's Indigenous People this week, the United Nations has highlighted projects by filmmakers from indigenous communities, allowing a rare look into indigenous communities around the world.
'Now we demand they do it for the poor'
August 10, 2010
Two worlds, two Cups. The Poor People's World Cup in South Africa did not take place on the same stage as the FIFA Cup.
Britain's appetite for fast fashion is pushing workers into starvation conditions
August 8, 2010
The Ethical Trade Initiative says that workers supplying some of Britain's high-end stores are currently being paid around half of what they need to support and feed their families.
Despite the luxuries many Canadians and world citizens take for granted, more than 1.2 billion people currently live in abject poverty. Across the world, more than 800 million people go to bed hungry and 50,000 people die each day due to poverty-related causes. Even in Canada, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, more than a million people, many of them children, live in poverty.
The challenge of global poverty is not simply going to disappear. It is an issue that humanity, as a whole, must undertake. Poverty is a gross violation of human rights and it is our responsibility as global citizens to take action and make a difference.
"Poverty: a human condition characterized by the sustained or chronic deprivation of the resources, capabilities, choices, security and power necessary for the enjoyment of an adequate standard of living and other civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights."
http://www.unhchr.ch/development/poverty-02.html