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Sign our petition calling on the world’s richest people to help end extreme poverty.

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Peter Burgess

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Sign our petition calling on the world’s richest people to help end extreme poverty.

To the 2,208 billionaires of the world,

With a basic act of humanity, you have the ability to help create a world of peace and prosperity.

In 2015, all 193 countries of the UN agreed on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve and prosperous and sustainable future for all.

A world without extreme poverty is within our grasp if we enable the world’s poorest people to benefit from modern healthcare, education, and infrastructure. A modest portion of your great wealth, wisely allocated, can help them to do just that.

By pledging a mere 1% of your wealth each year for the SDGs, you can ensure that every child goes to school, every mother and every child has access to life-saving healthcare, and everybody has the benefit of safe water, sanitation, and energy services.

The Move Humanity initiative is calling upon the world’s wealthiest individuals – those with $1 billion USD or more - to contribute at least 1% of their wealth each year towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The initiative works with the UN, major global organisations such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria, national governments, and civil society, to help ensure that the funds are well spent.

We ask you to be a Global Citizen that helps to end extreme poverty and usher in an era of peace.

Let’s #MoveHumanity together. Take the 1% pledge.

This Inequality Cannot Go On. Ask the World’s Richest People to Help End Extreme Poverty

It’s 2018 — yet 767 million people continue to live in extreme poverty, struggling to survive on less than $1.90 per day. Every day, too many children wake up not knowing whether they will have food to eat, school to attend, or clean water and sanitation — and women and girls often suffer the most. Meanwhile, 42 individuals hold as much money as the poorest 50% of the globe. This can’t be right.

The good news? The number of people living in extreme poverty has halved since 1990 — and we have a plan to reach zero. In 2015, world leaders agreed to 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end extreme poverty, fight inequality, and stop climate change by 2030. But we need another $300-$400 billion every year to achieve this.

Sounds crazy? What if we told you that there are 2,208 billionaires in the world — and between them, they possess a total of USD $9.1 trillion? Their wealth increases daily. They have the power to help achieve the SDGs, and end extreme poverty.

If every billionaire committed to donate just 1% of their wealth towards achieving the SDGs, it’s estimated this would help save the lives of 6 million children every single year, strengthen the healthcare systems of over 70 countries, secure an education for over 200 million children, and provide clean water and sanitation for millions more.

This inequality cannot go on. Add your name to our petition calling on the world’s richest people to help end extreme poverty — then, send a tweet to the world's richest person, Jeff Bezos, and top footballer Kylian Mbappé, calling on them to #BetheGeneration to end extreme poverty!