MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
"Someone dies every 3 seconds in Africa's poorest countries"
"5 people die from AIDS every minute"
"Some die of diarrhea because they dont have money to pay for an injection which only costs 25p"
"Over 1000 million people live on less than $1 per day"
The gap between the worlds's rich and poor has never been wider. Malnutrition, AIDS, conflict and illiteracy are a daily reality for millions.
But it isn't chance or bad luck that keeps people trapped in bitter, unrelenting poverty. It's man-made factors like a glaringly unjust global trade system, a debt burden so great that it suffocates any chance of recovery and insufficient and ineffective aid.*
Live Aid 1985
Described as the Woodstock of the eighties, the world's biggest rock festival was organised by Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof to raise money for famine relief in Africa.
Wembley was packed with a crowd of 72,000, but TV pictures, co-ordinated at BBC Television Centre, have been beamed to over 1.5 bn people in 160 countries in the biggest broadcast ever known.
The transatlantic concert began in London's midday sunshine with a fanfare for Prince Charles and Princess Diana and Status Quo performing Rocking All over the World.
Stars were helicoptered into the arena in a line-up that included David Bowie, Wham and royal favourites Dire Straits.
Others include U2, Bob Dylan, Duran Duran and Paul Simon
THAT WAS 20 YEARS AGO !
This year, Live 8 will be held on the 2nd of July at 5 different countries with a lineup todays biggest music stars. Why? To show world leaders at this years G8 summit that there are people commited to the fight against poverty and unfair trade. Who will tell them? The hundreds of thousands of people who attend the concerts. What can you do?. Click on the sites below to learn more. Watch the videos and make up your mind.
Do your part and MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
*taken from makepovertyhistory.org
posted by ignitemyfire at 7:34 pm
2 Comments:
hello fren...
hope u're alrights! heard about the london bombings at noon while at work from my fren in msia... *lol* she was checking to see if i was alright.
newcastle been put on high alert too. i nearly couldn't get home after work. nearly had to walk home. a good 2 hrs walk. thank god i didn't have to do that.
anyways, i'll be heading down to london end of this month... 26th - 30th. see u there? ;)
yep i'll be around in london..been so busy shifting house and other stuff lately ive no time to update me blog...see ya soon!
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