Green Options » erase poverty http://greenoptions.com/tag/erase-poverty Posts tagged 'erase poverty' Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 10 Easy, Free, Online Steps You Can Take To End Poverty http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/01/10-easy-free-steps-you-can-take-to-end-poverty-today/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/01/10-easy-free-steps-you-can-take-to-end-poverty-today/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:41 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://sustainablog.org/2008/10/01/10-easy-free-steps-you-can-take-to-end-poverty-today/ Growing Money Ethically“Nobody is asking us to love others more than we love ourselves,” said the “poet president” of Tanzania Julius Nyerere. “But those of us who have been lucky enough to receive a good education have a duty also to help to improve the well being of the community to which we belong; is part of loving ourselves!”

Step 1: Click once a day at TheHungerSite.com.

You’ll fund the donation of 1.1 cups of food. While you’re there, take a look at their equally worthy sister sites.

Step 2: Play at FreeRice.com.

Study for the GRE, test your English abilities, or simply bone up on your vocabulary. While you do, your clicks will generate funding for donating free rice to the hungry. Better yet, share this online game with students you know.

Step 3: Sign the petition at HelpSweden.org.

This tongue-in-cheek organization turns our concepts of poverty around and asks for a renewed commitment to the Millennium Development Goals. Read more about what makes HelpSweden a good idea.

Step 4: Put some of your paycheck into Kiva.org.

You’ll get your money back and you’ll have helped somebody to build a business or a home.

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