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Keep the Promise to Fight Poverty
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: Mercy Corps
Efforts by the ONE Campaign helped to secure a one billion dollar increase in anti-poverty funding for 2007. But Congress failed to pass funding bills for the 2007 fiscal year in the closing hours of their session.
The result is that any funding increases that we secured in 2006 are in jeopardy - as are the lives and livelihoods of millions of the world's poorest people who were counting on this funding. They risk losing access to anti-malarial bed nets, AIDS medicines, clean water, and the opportunity to send their children to school.
Thankfully, there is still some limited money that Congress can allocate for the 2007 budget. We need to let Congress know that we want this money to go towards fighting extreme poverty and global AIDS so that we do not take a giant step backwards.
Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign are asking you to sign this petition telling Congress to protect anti-poverty funding and save lives - don't let the progress we made last year be rolled back in 2007.
The result is that any funding increases that we secured in 2006 are in jeopardy - as are the lives and livelihoods of millions of the world's poorest people who were counting on this funding. They risk losing access to anti-malarial bed nets, AIDS medicines, clean water, and the opportunity to send their children to school.
Thankfully, there is still some limited money that Congress can allocate for the 2007 budget. We need to let Congress know that we want this money to go towards fighting extreme poverty and global AIDS so that we do not take a giant step backwards.
Mercy Corps and the ONE Campaign are asking you to sign this petition telling Congress to protect anti-poverty funding and save lives - don't let the progress we made last year be rolled back in 2007.
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We signed the “Keep the Promise to Fight Poverty” petition!
# 23,323:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kathryn Hunt, New York
# 23,322:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kelly McCarthy, Florida
# 23,321:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 16,
Stephanie Lombardi, New Jersey
# 23,320:
2:28 pm PST, Jan 16,
Brenda Trotier, Wisconsin
# 23,319:
2:25 pm PST, Jan 16,
Dan Ragatz, Michigan
# 23,318:
2:23 pm PST, Jan 16,
Arthur Putman, Virginia
# 23,317:
2:21 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kim VanderLaan, Florida
# 23,316:
2:20 pm PST, Jan 16,
Powell Miller, Louisiana
# 23,315:
2:19 pm PST, Jan 16,
Erik Bennett, Wisconsin
# 23,314:
2:19 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jennifer Lane, California
# 23,313:
2:18 pm PST, Jan 16,
Julie Heinrich, Virginia
# 23,311:
2:06 pm PST, Jan 16,
William Epler, New Mexico
# 23,310:
2:04 pm PST, Jan 16,
Doug Staniszewski, Wisconsin
# 23,309:
2:02 pm PST, Jan 16,
William Vinett, Tennessee
# 23,308:
1:58 pm PST, Jan 16,
Warren Gordon, Washington
As members of the human race we must care for our poor, however, please do not give them money. Give them needed necessities and supplies.
As members of the human race we must care for our poor, however, please do not give them money. Give them needed necessities and supplies.
# 23,307:
1:57 pm PST, Jan 16,
Rachelle Rea, Massachusetts
# 23,306:
1:57 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jan Warren, Maine
# 23,305:
1:56 pm PST, Jan 16,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 23,304:
1:55 pm PST, Jan 16,
Nancy M Holleman, California
# 23,303:
1:52 pm PST, Jan 16,
Megan Cummings, Arizona
# 23,302:
1:51 pm PST, Jan 16,
Cammie Watson, Georgia
# 23,301:
1:50 pm PST, Jan 16,
Annie Hammond, California
# 23,300:
1:50 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jay Knappenberger, Michigan
# 23,299:
1:48 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kendra Night, Canada
# 23,298:
1:47 pm PST, Jan 16,
Scott D, Illinois
If there was no war there would be no poverty,Love & Pease proves it
If there was no war there would be no poverty,Love & Pease proves it
# 23,297:
1:45 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kristen Blanch, Arkansas
Please keep up your end of the bargin by helping to fund this project.
Please keep up your end of the bargin by helping to fund this project.
# 23,296:
1:44 pm PST, Jan 16,
Raven Sequoia, Oregon
# 23,295:
1:44 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jan Boarman, Florida
Everything possible should be done to ensure that poverty stricken people, whatever their nationality, should be as healthy and as well-cared for as possible. As one of the richest nations in the world the United States of America should do its part to safeguard the life and health of those who cannot help themselves live a healthy, 'normal' life. Let's spend a little less on wars, and a little more on the well-being of the world.
Everything possible should be done to ensure that poverty stricken people, whatever their nationality, should be as healthy and as well-cared for as possible. As one of the richest nations in the world the United States of America should do its part to safeguard the life and health of those who cannot help themselves live a healthy, 'normal' life. Let's spend a little less on wars, and a little more on the well-being of the world.
# 23,294:
1:43 pm PST, Jan 16,
Joanne Perone, Illinois
# 23,293:
1:43 pm PST, Jan 16,
Mark Beckenbach, New York
# 23,292:
1:42 pm PST, Jan 16,
Roberta Houghton, Tennessee
# 23,291:
1:41 pm PST, Jan 16,
Dererca O'Reilly, Arizona
# 23,290:
1:39 pm PST, Jan 16,
Christy Tidd, Indiana
# 23,289:
1:38 pm PST, Jan 16,
Peggy Klopfer, Wisconsin
# 23,288:
1:33 pm PST, Jan 16,
Elizabeth Luebbert, Iowa
# 23,287:
1:33 pm PST, Jan 16,
Chorsie Martin II, Missouri
# 23,286:
1:32 pm PST, Jan 16,
Stefanie Covino, Connecticut
# 23,285:
1:32 pm PST, Jan 16,
Name not displayed, Idaho
If America cannot stand by its decisions, the rest of the world will less respect America. The more we hold back from helping others who need it, the more selfish we look and become. Does America care about helping life or helping their pockets? Please, do something that helps beyond us.
If America cannot stand by its decisions, the rest of the world will less respect America. The more we hold back from helping others who need it, the more selfish we look and become. Does America care about helping life or helping their pockets? Please, do something that helps beyond us.
# 23,284:
1:31 pm PST, Jan 16,
Peggy Hatchman, New Jersey
# 23,283:
1:29 pm PST, Jan 16,
Benjamin Osborn, Arizona
# 23,282:
1:28 pm PST, Jan 16,
Patricia Poole, California
Congress should be working on sterilizing these people who cannot afford children and keep having them forcing these innocent children to live in poverty.
Congress should be working on sterilizing these people who cannot afford children and keep having them forcing these innocent children to live in poverty.
# 23,281:
1:28 pm PST, Jan 16,
Gary Kaminski, Pennsylvania
# 23,280:
1:27 pm PST, Jan 16,
M. Sifferlin, Ohio
Because we have so much. They are part of our world family and they need us.
Because we have so much. They are part of our world family and they need us.
# 23,279:
1:22 pm PST, Jan 16,
Stephen Milkewicz, Massachusetts
# 23,278:
1:21 pm PST, Jan 16,
Vanessa Azevedo, Portugal
If the money was well destributed, these people wold be happy, some have so much.
If the money was well destributed, these people wold be happy, some have so much.
# 23,277:
1:18 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jasmine Zowniriw, Pennsylvania
# 23,276:
1:14 pm PST, Jan 16,
Name not displayed, California
Some of us are mokre fortunate than others and the others deserve our help. They didnt ask to be so unfortunate and we didnt as to be so fortunarte
Some of us are mokre fortunate than others and the others deserve our help. They didnt ask to be so unfortunate and we didnt as to be so fortunarte
# 23,275:
1:14 pm PST, Jan 16,
Frances Wilson, New Jersey
# 23,274:
1:11 pm PST, Jan 16,
M. Delos Santos, Hawaii
# 23,273:
1:10 pm PST, Jan 16,
William Pekkala, Ohio
# 23,272:
1:05 pm PST, Jan 16,
Ingrid Johnson, Maryland
# 23,271:
1:04 pm PST, Jan 16,
Deborah L. Crader, Illinois
# 23,270:
1:02 pm PST, Jan 16,
Timothy Correll, Massachusetts
# 23,269:
12:58 pm PST, Jan 16,
Dana Ericson, Wisconsin
# 23,268:
12:58 pm PST, Jan 16,
Tanya Koester-Radmann, Minnesota
# 23,267:
12:56 pm PST, Jan 16,
Amanda Prentice, Georgia
How can America NOT fund the ONE campaign? It is the ONE thing we can do absolutely right, and seen as right, by everyone in the world.
How can America NOT fund the ONE campaign? It is the ONE thing we can do absolutely right, and seen as right, by everyone in the world.
# 23,266:
12:54 pm PST, Jan 16,
Kalia Fullerton, California
# 23,265:
12:52 pm PST, Jan 16,
RACHEL DUFFY, Minnesota
# 23,264:
12:52 pm PST, Jan 16,
Joan and Wallace MacDonald, California
Full funding of the ONE campaign to reduce poverty worldwide is the humane, necessary act we must take NOW.
Full funding of the ONE campaign to reduce poverty worldwide is the humane, necessary act we must take NOW.
# 23,263:
12:51 pm PST, Jan 16,
Anna Schlenker, Minnesota
# 23,262:
12:44 pm PST, Jan 16,
JAMES HAMON, Florida
# 23,261:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 16,
Louise To, California
# 23,260:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 16,
Tiffanie Harr, Illinois
# 23,259:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 16,
Ashley Nickerson, Maine
# 23,258:
12:12 pm PST, Jan 16,
Brian Krikorian, Massachusetts
# 23,257:
12:08 pm PST, Jan 16,
LA Winter, California
# 23,256:
12:00 pm PST, Jan 16,
Jasmine Cuevas, Arizona
SO HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO BURN AND GIVE TO THE NASA (SPACE ASSOCIATION), TO THE RICH & FAMOUS, AND MANY OF OUR TAX DOLLARS GOES TO REBUILDING ROADS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO REALLY BE RE-DONE! BUT WE CAN'T FEED HUNGRY AND HELP PREVENT POVERTY AND HELP SAVE IT FROM WORSENING???? HOW'S THAT FOR TRUTH??? IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF US, AS HUMANS, LIVE SELFISHLY AND VERY SELF-INDULGENTLY, CARE MORE ABOUT OUR SELVES, THAN HELPING OTHERS! WHAT'S UP WITH THE WORLD TODAY?
SO HOW IS IT THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO BURN AND GIVE TO THE NASA (SPACE ASSOCIATION), TO THE RICH & FAMOUS, AND MANY OF OUR TAX DOLLARS GOES TO REBUILDING ROADS THAT DIDN'T NEED TO REALLY BE RE-DONE! BUT WE CAN'T FEED HUNGRY AND HELP PREVENT POVERTY AND HELP SAVE IT FROM WORSENING???? HOW'S THAT FOR TRUTH??? IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF US, AS HUMANS, LIVE SELFISHLY AND VERY SELF-INDULGENTLY, CARE MORE ABOUT OUR SELVES, THAN HELPING OTHERS! WHAT'S UP WITH THE WORLD TODAY?
# 23,255:
11:59 am PST, Jan 16,
Lisa Marine-thorpe, Pennsylvania
# 23,254:
11:58 am PST, Jan 16,
Maureen Olkus, Pennsylvania
Please protect the $1 billion planned funding to fight extreme poverty & AIDS.
Please protect the $1 billion planned funding to fight extreme poverty & AIDS.
# 23,253:
11:44 am PST, Jan 16,
Tiffany Duffy, Pennsylvania
# 23,252:
11:40 am PST, Jan 16,
Valerie Garrett Miller, California
# 23,251:
11:39 am PST, Jan 16,
Rev.G.J. Little, Virginia