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Tell Bush to Help Lift Millions of Women and Children Out of Poverty
Target: George W. Bush, President, United StatesSponsored by: Mercy Corps
Every minute, one woman dies in childbirth, 20 children die of starvation and two women die from AIDS. These are needless, preventable and unacceptable deaths.
Women and children disproportionately bear the weight of extreme poverty around the world. In many countries, women are routinely denied access to resources and even the most basic education, making it virtually impossible for them to adequately provide for their children and themselves.
Five years ago, all 189 members of the United Nations agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals, which set 15-year targets for, among other things, eradicating extreme poverty, enrolling every child in primary school, empowering women, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Meeting these goals, all nations agreed, requires a global partnership between countries both rich and poor.
On Sept. 14-16, the leaders of some 170 nations will gather in New York City for the World Summit, where they will take stock of their progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Time is running out. Many nations have made significant strides -- Tanzania now offers free primary education to all, Uganda reversed the spread of AIDS and Bangladesh narrowed the gender gap in school attendance. But without bold U.S. leadership to achieve the goals by the 2015 deadline, many countries will fall short of the targets.
Urge President Bush to demonstrate U.S. leadership by playing an active role at the Summit and reaffirming America's commitment to doing our part to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Please join Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign in our fight to overcome extreme poverty around the world. Now is the time to lend your voice to this historic effort.
Women and children disproportionately bear the weight of extreme poverty around the world. In many countries, women are routinely denied access to resources and even the most basic education, making it virtually impossible for them to adequately provide for their children and themselves.
Five years ago, all 189 members of the United Nations agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals, which set 15-year targets for, among other things, eradicating extreme poverty, enrolling every child in primary school, empowering women, reducing child mortality and improving maternal health. Meeting these goals, all nations agreed, requires a global partnership between countries both rich and poor.
On Sept. 14-16, the leaders of some 170 nations will gather in New York City for the World Summit, where they will take stock of their progress toward meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Time is running out. Many nations have made significant strides -- Tanzania now offers free primary education to all, Uganda reversed the spread of AIDS and Bangladesh narrowed the gender gap in school attendance. But without bold U.S. leadership to achieve the goals by the 2015 deadline, many countries will fall short of the targets.
Urge President Bush to demonstrate U.S. leadership by playing an active role at the Summit and reaffirming America's commitment to doing our part to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Please join Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign in our fight to overcome extreme poverty around the world. Now is the time to lend your voice to this historic effort.
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# 17,750:
2:25 pm PDT, Jul 18,
Dana Szemereta, North Carolina
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1:09 pm PDT, Jul 11,
John Henry, Louisiana
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7:37 pm PDT, Jul 10,
Catherine Godfrey, Canada
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1:44 am PDT, Jul 9,
Marcos Monserrat, Argentina
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2:08 am PDT, Jul 5,
William Harper, Georgia
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2:37 pm PDT, Jun 13,
Juliana Farah, Lebanon
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11:05 am PDT, Jun 12,
Alexandria Burough, California
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7:26 pm PDT, Jun 4,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 17,742:
9:49 pm PDT, May 27,
Kathy Hilliker, Arizona
WE MUST ACHIEVE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS! I have been urging my friends and relatives to take off their diamonds & their wedding rings in protest of these BLOOD DIAMONDS!! It makes me truly sick that something with the meaning of love as a symbol of a diamond, could be so deadly for so many innocent lives. I am horrified!
WE MUST ACHIEVE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS! I have been urging my friends and relatives to take off their diamonds & their wedding rings in protest of these BLOOD DIAMONDS!! It makes me truly sick that something with the meaning of love as a symbol of a diamond, could be so deadly for so many innocent lives. I am horrified!
# 17,741:
3:51 pm PDT, May 2,
Michelle Brown, Virginia
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5:35 am PDT, Apr 29,
Muriel Koyce, Ireland
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6:58 pm PDT, Apr 27,
Robert Jones, Pennsylvania
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7:49 am PDT, Apr 25,
Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
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3:13 pm PDT, Apr 22,
Melissa Bardwell, Washington
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7:40 pm PDT, Apr 13,
Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
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9:59 am PDT, Apr 5,
Gary Gray, Michigan
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4:16 pm PDT, Mar 29,
Michelle Catena, Pennsylvania
# 17,733:
11:41 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Kayla Raiti, Australia
It is so unfair that we get to have all the luxury items we want and they are actually the things we don't even need where as in their case they don't even get the items they NEED, such as clean drinking water and fresh food!
It is so unfair that we get to have all the luxury items we want and they are actually the things we don't even need where as in their case they don't even get the items they NEED, such as clean drinking water and fresh food!
# 17,732:
6:56 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Katherine Cunningham, Pennsylvania
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12:17 pm PST, Mar 4,
Stephanie Higgins, California
# 17,730:
12:55 am PST, Feb 28,
Brooke Stone, Michigan
# 17,729:
8:05 pm PST, Feb 25,
Aaron Staver, Iowa
You should do more listening to John Lennon. "All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance."
You should do more listening to John Lennon. "All we are saying is Give Peace a Chance."
# 17,728:
4:45 pm PST, Feb 18,
Lauren Stone, California
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4:48 am PST, Feb 18,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 17,726:
1:58 am PST, Feb 18,
Jeremy Spohn, Pennsylvania
# 17,725:
4:10 pm PST, Feb 14,
Teri Peters-Sheldon, New Hampshire
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2:58 pm PST, Feb 12,
Robin Davis, Pennsylvania
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2:35 pm PST, Feb 10,
Christine Iadeluca, New York
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12:09 am PST, Feb 8,
Jon Marshall Jr, Alabama
# 17,721:
9:09 pm PST, Feb 7,
Casey Marshall III, Alabama
# 17,720:
9:32 pm PST, Jan 18,
Kathleen Roby, Ohio
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE MORAL VALUE OF COMPASSION FOR ALL HUMANKIND?!?
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE MORAL VALUE OF COMPASSION FOR ALL HUMANKIND?!?
# 17,719:
2:44 pm PST, Jan 15,
Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts
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8:05 pm PST, Jan 11,
Katherine Heizer, Kentucky
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8:37 am PST, Jan 7,
Shoshana Bernard, Colorado
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8:34 am PST, Jan 6,
Andrea Leary, Florida
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8:24 am PST, Jan 5,
Melanie Leary, Texas
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9:24 pm PST, Dec 28,
LISA NORTHRUP, Florida
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7:02 pm PST, Dec 28,
Aliza Peace, South Carolina
ANY HELP WE CAN GET WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
ANY HELP WE CAN GET WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
# 17,712:
1:08 pm PST, Dec 27,
Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada
# 17,711:
3:22 am PST, Dec 16,
Ana M., Portugal
# 17,710:
12:18 pm PST, Dec 13,
Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
It is our duty, that's why!
It is our duty, that's why!
# 17,709:
7:16 pm PST, Dec 11,
Metric Clay, Mississippi
We have million of people dying each year because of illegal covert wars and blood diamonds that are being use for wars. The African country has lost over 777 trillion sense the Atlantic Slave trade with 280 million being lost. The Africa country has lost from 1650 with had 100 million to 1900 just 120 million compared to other nations.
We have million of people dying each year because of illegal covert wars and blood diamonds that are being use for wars. The African country has lost over 777 trillion sense the Atlantic Slave trade with 280 million being lost. The Africa country has lost from 1650 with had 100 million to 1900 just 120 million compared to other nations.
# 17,708:
2:57 am PST, Dec 9,
Terje Reite, Norway
Let us all help make this a reality. Not least by supporting the wonderful tool of micro financing.
Let us all help make this a reality. Not least by supporting the wonderful tool of micro financing.
# 17,707:
9:19 am PST, Dec 7,
Jennifer Megeney, Canada
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4:47 am PST, Nov 29,
Name not displayed, Hong Kong
# 17,705:
9:22 am PST, Nov 26,
Brett Shepherd, Idaho
Help organize us to work together on this. If every person gave a little, pverty would be gone! This should be a top national issue, and one that could succeed easily.
Help organize us to work together on this. If every person gave a little, pverty would be gone! This should be a top national issue, and one that could succeed easily.
# 17,704:
9:43 am PST, Nov 25,
Sandy Kusch, Illinois
We need to have compassion for the most vulnerable persons in society. We need to be a leader in the world in the fight against poverty.
We need to have compassion for the most vulnerable persons in society. We need to be a leader in the world in the fight against poverty.
# 17,703:
11:30 pm PST, Nov 23,
Greg Alan, Alabama
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6:16 pm PST, Nov 16,
William Lim, Texas
# 17,701:
4:56 am PST, Nov 11,
Linda Rosen, Massachusetts
Let's show the world that America Cares! Please let's set an example that Americans can feel proud of!
Let's show the world that America Cares! Please let's set an example that Americans can feel proud of!