Mombasa to Nairobi: A day on the road with Dixon, the truck driver.

Grim, but this is what extreme poverty does to our choices, it narrows them down to a few painful possibilities. Reducing global poverty is the single biggest challenge we face today, as it is the source of most of the other major problems.

What to do? (Click on "Read More" for links that might offer some ideas).

Support campaigns that can actually make a difference
- The United Nations Millennium Campaign
- The Global Campaign for Education
- Jubilee Debt Campaign (UK) / US
- Make Poverty History


Donate money to (or raise funds for) organisations working to eradicate poverty
- Mercy Corps
- Action Aid
- Islamic Relief
- Oxfam International
- UNICEF
- WorldVision


Buy Fair Trade goods
- Fair Trade (Wikipedia)

Lend money through microfinance organisations
- Microfinance facts


Other links
- The UN's Millennium Development Goals
- The UN's poverty reduction programme
- Stir Your World


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