One, Two, Three...

By the time you finish reading this sentence two people will have died from preventable, poverty related issues.

Malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhea, starvation, unclean water, or the measles. Diseases that are no longer issues in North America or Western Europe because of millions of dollars in research and vaccines. But issues that are matters of life and death in developing countries. And there are a lot more developing countries than you thought.

So why should you care? Because Bono said so?

Not exactly.

Because 1.2 billion people live on less than one dollar a day? (less than a price of a cup of coffee)
Because 2.4 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation? (and you thought the school bathrooms were gross)
Because 77 million children are not in school? (do you still want to skip class?)

You're getting warmer...

These are people, like anyone else anywhere else, who are dying when they do not have to.
It does not matter that we are that we're Canadian.
It does not matter that they're from another country.
It does not matter that we have our own problems.

I have a passion for people.
I have the potential for change.
I have opportunities.
I have more money than half the people in the world.
I have no good reason to say "no" and let apathy be sufficient.

This is not about rants, anarchy or charity. This is about injustice and the ability (and will) to act. Join me as I highlight some global poverty issues and the people who are trying to make a change.


"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is human-made, and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
- Nelson Mandela