Our Day to End Poverty invites us to look at the twenty-four hours in our very ordinary days and to begin to think about poverty in new and creative ways. The authors offer scores of simple actions anyone can take to help eradicate poverty. Each chapter takes a task we undertake during a typical day and relates it to what we can do to ease the world's suffering. We begin by eating breakfast, so the first chapter focuses on alleviating world hunger. We take the kids to school--what can we do to help make education affordable to all? In the afternoon we check our email--how can we ensure the access to technology that is such an important route out of poverty? The chapters are short and pithy, full of specific facts, resources for learning more, and menus of simple, often fun, and always practical action steps. Anne Frank wrote, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Let's get started. It is our day to end poverty.Preface Introduction: Opening Our Eyes to How We Can End Poverty in Our Day
Morning Chapter 1: Break the Fast Chapter 2: Educate Every Child Chapter 3: Make Work Pay Chapter 4: Care for Our Children Chapter 5: Give All Children Healthy Futures Chapter 6: Help Produce a Better Harvest Chapter 7: Consume with Conscience Chapter 8: Give from the Heart: More Thoughts on Giving
Afternoon Chapter 9: End Hunger and Malnutrition Chapter 10: Extend the Reach of Technology Chapter 11: Expand Access to Microcredit Chapter 12: Encourage Social Entrepreneurship Chapter 13: Assure Health Care for All Chapter 14: Provide Housing Chapter 15: Call for Debt Relief Chapter 16: Serve with Satisfaction: More Thoughts on Volunteering
Evening Chapter 17: Extend Hospitality and Create Community Chapter 18: Spread Literacy Chapter 19: Improve Transportation Options Chapter 20: Travel with a Pul“+