The Global Poverty Project is coming to Birmingham, bringing its groundbreaking new presentation to Birmingham for the first time. 1.4 billion people still live in extreme poverty – less than $1.25 a day. This presentation, supported by the Midlands Co-op, Platform 2 and RESULTS UK, explores not just why this poverty endures, but how ordinary people can take action.
TIME: 7-9pm
DATE: Weds. 7th April
VENUE: The Birmingham & Midlands Institute (City Centre)
ADMISSION: free
Visit http://sites.google.com/site/gppbrum/ for full event details and to pre-register, or www.globalpovertyproject.com to find out about the GPP nationally.
The 1.4 Billion Reasons presentation has been put together with the help of international expert advisors, and takes viewers on a journey through issues of poverty, noting the progress that has been made, the challenges that still remain, and the steps that can be taken on a personal level to create global change. It is a conversation with new audiences, a call to action and reinvigoration on a subject that has lost momentum. Backed by the United Nations and supported by Jeffrey Sachs and Hugh Jackman, the presentation aims to equip people in the UK with the tools to take direct action against poverty, to inspire in them a commitment to reach people in their own communities.
In February the presentation had its UK premiere at St Paul’s Cathedral and is now being rolled out across the country with the goal of reaching 40,000 people.
Whether you have always wanted to know more about global poverty, or if you already know a lot but want to equip yourself with the most up to date facts and strategies, the 1.4 Billion Reasons presentation will be a great place to get more involved.
The Global Poverty Project is an educational and campaigning organisation which began in Australia and works for the creation of a global grassroots movement dedicated to eradicating extreme poverty. The Project supports the idea that effective action to end extreme poverty is currently partially constrained by a lack of public support in northern countries and sees broad-based community education as the best means of addressing this constraint.