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Activism: Global Citizen
What is Global Citizen?
Global Citizen ... Frequently Asked Questions
Peter Burgess
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| Frequently Asked Questions GENERAL FAQS What is Global Citizen? Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. On our platform, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on those issues, and earn rewards for their actions — as part of a global community committed to lasting change. What makes you think we can end extreme poverty? In the last 30 years, extreme poverty has halved, plummeting faster than at any time in history. Thanks to human ingenuity, we’ve pushed back disease, overcome ignorance, and seen the power of potential unleashed when everyone, everywhere has the chance to thrive. A child born today has more chance of surviving, being healthy and getting a quality education than any generation before them. But 1 billion people are still trapped in extreme poverty, and it’s an affront to our common humanity and dignity. 800 million people will go to bed hungry tonight. More than 700 million are drinking dirty water, and more than 2 billion people don’t have a toilet. In 2015 we stand at the turning point for the future of people and the planet. World leaders are setting the global goals that will be the roadmap for how we’ll tackle poverty, inequality and climate change. To learn more about how important this year is for the world read more here. Standing together with partners from across the Action/2015 coalition, we can make sure these are good goals, and that our leaders follow through on their promises. But, it’s not going to happen unless each of us play our part. Everyone from citizens, governments, businesses, and charities have a role – because none of aid, trade nor charity can do this alone. It’ll be a long and hard path - sometimes we will fall and fail. But, like the great civil rights and anti-apartheid movements before us, we will succeed, because we are more powerful together. How will my actions have impact? Extreme poverty persists in part because of our own actions and beliefs - including the existence of international policies and systems that keep people living in extreme poverty. If we learn more about why extreme poverty exists, make informed consumer decisions, and use our voices to advocate for change, we can ensure that the businesses, organizations and governments in our lives are contributing to a world without extreme poverty. Global Citizen and our partners have a track record of running programs and campaigns that have real impact on the lives of the poor – and we hope that you’ll join us. Global Citizen encourages you to learn more and take action on a range of issues related to extreme poverty, helping to build the movement that will end extreme poverty. We're not going to end extreme poverty by ourselves, and we're not going to do it in a day, a week, or even a year. But, by being a part of a diverse movement of many organisations, all around the world, we can play our part in ending extreme poverty by 2030. Why do you promote advocacy rather than fundraising? The money we give as individuals is important, but to bring about the end of extreme poverty, we also need governments and businesses to play their part: by changing rules, practices and giving money themselves. For example, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance will save 6 million lives in the next 5 years - but to do so, it needs $7.5 billion to be secured by the end of 2015. Global citizens, working in support of partners called on governments and businesses to make this happen, and in January, world leaders came together and committed the money to make this happen. That’s why Global Citizen both supports individual charities, whilst also asking you to use your voice to encourage governments and others to play their part too. Who's behind Global Citizen Global Citizen is managed by Global Poverty Project, an international education and campaigning organization that is a registersted 501(c)3 in the USA. Content on global citizen is created by a team of staff writers, editorial partners, and by dozens of amazing NGO partners. If you'd like to work for us, see the jobs page. | |||||||||