Overview

Our Day to End Poverty invites us to look at the twenty-four hours in our very ordinary days and to begin to think about poverty in new and creative ways. The authors offer scores of simple actions anyone can take to help eradicate poverty. Each chapter takes a task we undertake during a typical day and relates it to what we can do to ease the world's suffering. We begin by eating breakfast, so the first chapter focuses on alleviating world hunger. We take the kids to school--what can we do to help make education affordable to all? In the afternoon we check our email--how can we ensure the access to technology that is such an important route out of poverty? The chapters are short and pithy, full of specific facts, resources for learning more, and menus of simple, often fun, and always practical action steps. Anne Frank wrote, ""How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."" Let's get started. It is our day to end poverty.

Full Product Details

Author:   Shannon Daley-Harris ,  Jeffrey Keenan ,  Karen Speerstra
Publisher:   Berrett-Koehler
Imprint:   Berrett-Koehler
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.319kg
ISBN:  

9781576754467

ISBN 10:   1576754464
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 June 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The Beginning of Our Day. How this book came into being and the team that created it. Good Morning. Our vision and the book’s organization. Morning. 1. Breakfast— get a good start to the day, Together we can “break the fast” and end acute hunger and starvation. 2. Commute to Work— plan the day; make some calls, Good transportation allows us to make a living and protect the environment. 3. Everyone Needs an Education— get the kids to school, Education helps prepare us all for productive futures. 4. Protect our Children— take kids to child care, All children—everywhere—need and deserve to be safe and well cared for. 5. Children’s Health— visit the pediatrician, Healthy children strengthen families and our futures. 6. Sustainable Food Sources— work in the garden, We all need sustainable food sources. 7. Responsible Shopping— coffee break! By choosing and supporting socially responsible products and producers, we can help developing markets empower people. 8. More Thoughts on Giving, What and how we give helps end poverty. Afternoon. 9. Lunch— lunch meeting, Together we can end the “hidden hunger” of chronic malnutrition. 10. The Work Day— pick up paycheck, Jobs with fair wages can and should be a path out of poverty. 11. Technology: Important Tools— check e mail, Computers, phones, and other technology connects people providing a route out of poverty. 12. Protect and Honor Women— return Mom’s phone call, When women flourish, families and communities flourish. 13. Adult Health— schedule check-up, Wellness is our goal. 14. Safe, Affordable Homes— clean the house, Everyone deserves to have a safe living space. 15. Reduce Debt— refinance the house, Overwhelming national debt blocks progress out of poverty. 16. More Thoughts on Volunteering, How we give our time and energy can make a big difference in ending poverty. Evening. 17. Dinner— invite friends for dinner, Sharing a meal with others creates an opportunity to nurture commitment to ending global poverty. 18. Access to Credit— stop by the bank, Microcredit enables people to profit from their work and leave poverty behind. 19. Literacy for All— return books to the library, Literacy is key for moving out of poverty. 20. Take a Vacation— order tickets, Travels offers opportunities to understand and respond to poverty, first hand. 21. Mother’s Health— take gift to new mother, Saving lives of women in childbirth creates a future filled with promise. 22. Clean Water and Sanitation— get the faucet fixed, Access to drinkable water and sanitary conditions is essential. 23. Meet or Exceed the 0.7% Goal— pay bills, Working together we can meet or exceed goals set by world leaders. 24. More Thoughts on Advocating, Make all our voices heard. Good Night. End this day confident together we can meet tomorrow’s on-going challenges to abolish poverty. (Additional resources including Our Day to End Poverty website)

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Shannon Daley-Harris came on board to write the book, drawing on her decades of U.S. and international work with and on behalf of children. Jeff Keenan, after witnessing the juxtaposition of prosperity and poverty while working in Asia, sought to discern the contribution he could make to help end poverty. He engaged in conversation with Joy Anderson, president and founder of Criterion Ventures, about the roles individuals play in social change. They realized that there was a need for the global poverty equivalent of the environmental book 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth by the EarthWorks Group. Joy set about assembling a team. Karen Speerstra, a longtime publisher, joined the team to edit the book.

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