[kictanet] MAKE ICTs WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT - STAND UP NOW, TAKE ACTION TODAY!

[Gakuru Alex]

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> 1. Tell your MP what you think: send SMS messages to the number 3454 with
> the word STAND UP.
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United in eradicating poverty! but, won't the SMS action path actually
leave poor senders poorer?

Regards,

Alex


On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Constance Georgina Khaendi Walyaro
<constance at youthaidscoalition.org> wrote:
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> 'Today is the UN's official World Poverty Day. But every day is poverty day
> for the two billion people worldwide who have less than two dollars a day to
> live on. Of those, just under one billion live on just one dollar a day.  In
> September 2000, 189 countries pledged to halve the number of those in
> poverty by 2015. When we look at the results so far, hope mixes with
> despair. Over 100 million children are still unable to go to school. Each
> year, 10 million children die before their 5th birthday. 40 million are
> living with HIV and AIDS, and 5 million die of it each year.'17th Oct 2004
> Hilary Benn, UK Secretary of State for International Development
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> Today, nearly half of the world's people live in poverty, 70% are women.
> 50,000 people still die daily as a result of extreme poverty, and yet …..we
> have the power to change this. www.standagainstpoverty.org
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> Last year, 43.7 million people around the world took part in the biggest
> global mobilization to end poverty and inequality, and to promote the
> Millennium Development Goals. This year, at a time of global financial
> crises and food shortages, more than ever we need to ACT together in order
> to send an even stronger message to push world leaders for more and better
> aid, debt cancellation, education for all, healthcare, trade justice, gender
> equality, public accountability and an end to extreme poverty by 2015.
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> As the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty unfolds across the
> world we're hoping to mobilize 1% of the global population - over 67 million
> people around the world to STAND UP and TAKE ACTION [17th - 19th Oct]
> against Poverty for the MDGs. Your actions count!
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> 1. Tell your MP what you think: send SMS messages to the number 3454 with
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> 2. Attend Global Gatherings: a series of parallel IYPF events held in over
> 30 different countries focused on mobilizing and engaging young
> professionals in activities and processes that are holding governments and
> leaders accountable and contributing to the achievement of the MDGs.
> www.iypf.org
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> 3. Join Virtual Stand Up: log in from October 17th to 19th and interact with
> the world on MDGs; build a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable world.
> Facebook IYPF StandUp Global Gathering   www.iypf.org
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> We have the power and an obligation to make ICTs work for development!
>  STAND UP NOW, TAKE ACTION TODAY, Make Poverty History!
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> Constance Georgina Khaendi Walyaro
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> Director, Chair FWG
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> International Young Professionals Foundation
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> constancewalyaro at iypf.org
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> www.iypf.org
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> Wainaina P. Mungai
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> Make in Kenya Network
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> wainaina at madeinkenya.org
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> www.madeinkenya.org
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> StandUp is an initiative of the Make Poverty History and Global Call to
> Action Against Poverty (GCAP) campaigns. IYPF is a GCAP Global Mobilization
> Partner. www.makepovertyhistory.org
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> Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
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