<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Maybe if the white band cost about 1,000/= and the money was put directly into a fund towards a poverty alleviation strategy. But personally I don't see how the wearing band will help.... at least not here in Kenya<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 2 Jul 2005, at 11:34, Maureen Wangati wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Sorry but I have to ask a question here, good intentions I guess, but how exactly does wearing a white or whatever colour band impact on poverty? Can we get more practical here?? Can we all agree to do something tangible to alleviate poverty in our own way or as a group....like increase access to ICTs for rural and urban poor in Africa?</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title="constancegeorgina@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:constancegeorgina@yahoo.co.uk">constance georgina</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title="kictanet@kictanet.or.ke" href="mailto:kictanet@kictanet.or.ke">Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 6:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Kictanet] Today is White Band Day. Make Poverty History!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><P align="left"><STRONG><EM> <FONT color="#ff0000">Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty.</FONT></EM></STRONG></P><STRONG><EM><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT color="#000000">“2005 is a year of great opportunity and we can really do something to change the world and make it a better place. The time has come to stop talking and start taking some action. If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out then the noise will be deafening. Politicians will have to listen” </FONT><FONT color="#ff0000">Archbishop Desmond Tutu,</FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT color="#000000">Next week the </FONT><FONT color="#ff0000">G8 Summit </FONT><FONT color="#000000">will take place in Gleneagles Scotland. Promises have been made to put poverty at the top of the agenda. This is our opportunity to make sure our voices are heard by the world leaders who have the power to cancel debt, deliver more and better aid, and change unfair trade rules and practices.</FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT color="#000000">Along with millions of others around the world, I am wearing a</FONT> <FONT color="#ff0000">white band </FONT><FONT color="#000000">to remind them of what they must do and waiting to see if they deliver.</FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT color="#000000">Now is the time. Please do not squander this moment. Join Us!</FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal"><FONT color="#000000">The <FONT color="#ff0000">Global Call to Action Against Poverty </FONT>is a worldwide alliance committed to forcing world leaders to live up to their promises, and to make a breakthrough on poverty in 2005. A simple white band is the symbol of the campaign, by wearing one you are part of a unique worldwide effort in 2005 to end extreme poverty-you’re saying that its time to stop the deaths of more than 200,000 people every single week from preventable diseases.</FONT><SPAN class="copy1"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <A href="http://www.whiteband.org/"><FONT color="#ff0000">www.whiteband.org</FONT></A><FONT color="#ff0000">,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/" target="Sandbag"><FONT color="#ff0000"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">www.makepovertyhistory.org</SPAN></FONT></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></P><FONT color="#000000"> </FONT></EM><FONT color="#000000"></FONT></STRONG><P class="MsoNormal"><STRONG><FONT color="#000000"><EM> Kindest Regards</EM></FONT></STRONG></P><STRONG><EM> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color="#000000"><EM> </EM></FONT></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"></FONT><DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Connie</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Constance Georgina Khaendi Walyaro</EM></STRONG><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"></FONT> </DIV><STRONG><EM> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Citron Wood</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>President</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></EM></STRONG></EM></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><EM><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><STRONG><FONT color="#000000"><EM> </EM></FONT></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"></FONT><DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Oxfam International Youth Parliament (OIYP)</EM></STRONG><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Action Partner</EM></STRONG> </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> </EM></STRONG><DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>UNOY Peacebuilders</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Affiliate</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>East Africa Focal Point</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>XVI International AIDS Conference</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>Scientific Programme Committee Member: <STRONG><EM>Track A </EM></STRONG></EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000">WSIS National Taskforce: Kenya</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000">Youth Representative</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://flagspot.net/images/k/ke.gif" target="_blank"><FONT color="#000000"><IMG style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 43px" height="217" alt="[Flag of Kenya]" src="http://flagspot.net/images/k/ke.gif" width="325" border="0" nosave=""></FONT></A><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG><FONT color="#000000"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#000000"><STRONG><EM>'youth building a peaceful, equitable and sustainable world' OIYP</EM></STRONG></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></EM></STRONG></DIV><DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR size="1"> <FONT face="Arial" size="2">How much free photo storage do you get? 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