Our Day to End Poverty

Informationen zum Autor Shannon Daley-Harris came on board to write the book, drawing on her decades of U.S. and international work with and on behalf of children. Jeff Keenan, after witnessing the juxtaposition of prosperity and poverty while working in Asia, sought to discern the contribution he could make to help end poverty. He engaged in conversation with Joy Anderson, president and founder of Criterion Ventures, about the roles individuals play in social change. They realized that there was a need for the global poverty equivalent of the environmental book 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth by the EarthWorks Group. Joy set about assembling a team. Karen Speerstra, a longtime publisher, joined the team to edit the book. Klappentext Imagine ending poverty at home and around the globe in our own lifetimes. Imagine your actions combining with others' actions to make poverty history. With originality and imagination this book invites us to look at our very ordinary days, from waking up in the morning to going to bed in the evening, and to begin to think about poverty in new and creative ways. Our Day to End Poverty seeks to encourage readers that there is something that each one of us can do, using our ordinary skills and resources, to help end poverty. The book's challenges each of us with an immense diversity of actions that we can take to really help eradicate poverty. It connects with your day, from breakfast to bedtime. Each of the short twenty-four chapters falls within one of three sections: Morning, Afternoon, and Evening. Each section has eight chapters relating to common daily routines. Think of them as pages from your daily organizer. Whether it's planning for lunch or reading before bed, you may discover connections between your day and the daily lives of people all around the world. This book can help us all, for each of us is poor in many ways as well as rich in many others. Our Day to End Poverty shows that whatever your bank account or education, your age or political perspective, your experience or skills, you can still make a difference-because making a difference isn't a function of any one of those characteristics; it is a function of your commitment and your hope, your willingness to take a risk and begin. One day at a time. Anne Frank wrote during the Holocaust, "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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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 Purpose
Chapter 21: Save the Lives of Mothers and Newborns
Chapter 22: Improve Access to Clean Water
Chapter 23: Increase International Development Aid
Chapter 24: Speak Up for Justice: More Thoughts on Advocacy
Conclusion: Dream of a Bright Tomorrow
Resources
How To Use This Book with Others
Guide for Schools
Guide for the Workplace
Guide for Places of Worship
Index
About the Book Team

Product details

• Authors: Shannon Daley-Harris, Jeffrey Keenan, Karen Speerstra
• Publisher: Berrett Koehler Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2007
• EAN: 9781576754467
• ISBN: 978-1-57675-446-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Series: BK Currents; Bk Currents
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)