Make Poverty History
June 25, 2005Don’t be surprised when you see the “Make Poverty History” at the top left hand corner of my blog. This is not a spyware or adware.
So what is it all about? Its actually a whiteband to support the call to end poverty in the world. It may sound stupid to do all these, but many people around the world have proved otherwise. More than 100 artistes will perform in 7 countries around the world, Hyde Park-London, Palais de Versailles-Paris, Siegessäule-Berlin, Circus Maximus-Rome, Museum of Art-Philadelphia, Park Place-Barrie (Canada) and Makuhari Messe-Tokyo, for the Live 8 concert. The artistes that are performing include Bob Geldof, Coldplay, Elton John, Keane, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, U2, Andrea Bocelli, Sheryl Crow, Green Day, Faith Hill, Will Smith, Destiny’s Child, Linkin Park, Maroon 5, Stevie Wonder, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte etc. With so many artistes participating, how can we help? We can help by watching the Live 8 concert “Live” online or on TV (sad to say, not a single Free-To-Air channels in Singapore are showing it, so we can only watch it online), wear a white band (btw, 1st July 2005 is the world’s first white band day, so everybody in the world are encouraged to wear it), or send in your picture to show your support.
Anyway, this is a global call to end poverty in the world by having trade justice, pressure the G8 leaders to cancelling the poor nations debt and to doubling their aid to them.
So why not click on the whiteband at the top left hand corner of my blog and find out more what have to be and can be done? Below is a list of websites that YOU are encouraged to visit.
Live 8 website: Live8.com
Whiteband website: Whiteband.org
Make Poverty History website: MakePovertyHistory.org
One website: One.org
Make Trade Fair website: MakeTradeFair.com
