It has been to Downing Street, caught the imagination of Nelson Mandela and attracted a plethora of celebrities – so just what is Making Poverty History?
In just six months the campaign has grabbed numerous headlines and can count on the support of pop stars, clergy and statesmen alike.
So what are the coalition’s AIMS? How is it FUNDED? How are the CHURCHES involved? What has it got to do with the POLITICIANS? Why does it attract the CELEBRITIES?
And just what are those WRISTBANDS?
I’ve ordered some of the British wristbands. The American version is available here.
Live 8 is July 2, and I’ll probably watch at least part of it online.
It’s all to convince the G8 leaders meeting later in July that they should heed the call to make poverty history in our lifetime. I hope it succeeds. It seems like it might be pie-in-the-sky and Pollyannaish, but the only way to get some government officials to listen sometimes is to make an almighty big noise, and this is one way to do it.