STAND UP and SPEAK OUT against Poverty

DEAR 112:

STAND UP and SPEAK OUT Against Poverty is a movement that aims to put pressure on the UN Member States to fufill their promises to those in need, through the Millenium Development Goals (establised 2000), such that poverty and hunger are reduced, everyone has access to primary education, no-one is discriminated due to gender, child mortality rates decrease, maternal health is improved, diseases such as AIDS are combatted, and environmental stability is achieved.

Such leaders have promised to fufill all this by 2015, but we are nowhere near doing so. Let's remind them of this through the programme on Wednesday, which involves taking a pledge against poverty, finding more about the movement, and showing your support on a banner. It doesn't take long, just an hour, and you'll have to report to school anyway for the checking of papers.

So come to school at 11.35pm if you can, and put your bit in to help the needy!

More details can be found here:
http://community.livejournal.com/lacafetiere/2405.html
and on INET.