Campaign
Why should I campaign?
Ten reasons why Christians should be involved in meeting the needs of the poor »
Does campaigning make a difference?
- A People’s Movement: lessons from M.L. King Jr. »
- Campaigning for a Cause: lessons from William Wilberforce »
- Bono – God is in the slums »
Campaigning Imperative
Time is running out. 2006 was to have been the year to make a significant breakthrough on poverty. There has been some progress on aid and debt relief. Yet a lot more needs to be done, and time is running short. We need to campaign for change now because:
- Today, twelve thousand men, women and children will die from preventable illnesses because there is no available or affordable healthcare.
- Today, nearly 14,000 people will be infected with HIV – 95% of them in developingnations.
- Today, 1,400 women in the developing world will die in pregnancy and childbirth,almost all from preventable causes.
- Today, 25,000 people will be infected with tuberculosis. One in ten will die.
- Today, 1.4 million people will become ill with malaria. 2,700 will die (70% will be children and 90% will be in Africa)
- Today, 8,000 children in developing nations will die from measles, TB, whooping cough and diphtheria – all immunisable illnesses.
This does not need to happen, but because of extreme poverty, in a world of plenty, millions suffer and die needlessly.
The gap between the richest and poorest is greater than ever
- 150 million children in developing countries are malnourished, and 5 million more people suffer from malnutrition each year, yet the world produces enough food to feed every man, woman and child on earth adequately.
- 1.4 billion people live on less than $1 per day, yet the EU spends the equivalent of $2 per head of cattle per day on agricultural subsidies
- A woman in sub-Saharan Africa has a 1 in 6 chance of dying during pregnancy or childbirth - compared to a less than 1 in 1,000 chance in developed nations
- Many developing nations spend more in debt repayments to the West and international banks than they receive in aid
Micah 6: 8 encourages Christians to take seriously the issue of injustice as part of our walk with God, and the Micah Challenge campaign is a global response to global injustices that perpetuate extreme poverty.
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