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I been concerned about poverty and related issues such as preventable deaths, unnecessary suffering, and inadequate education (just to name a few) for quite some time. Our Day to End Poverty provides a wonderful opportunity to move beyond concern into action.
Written in a style that brings forward the immediacy of poverty-related issues, Our Day to End Poverty is a diverse and interesting guidebook, providing hundreds of possibilities for actions anyone can take.
It would be easy to overwhelm readers with the enormity of the task. Instead the authors treat poverty, with the turn of every page, as a problem we can clearly beat through individual and collective action.
Working through the actions in this book opened doors to other possibilities, and has helped me uncover new places I can help and encourage others to join me. All of this, and I am truly only beginning to explore the depth of what this book has to offer.
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johnlchamberlain, June 4, 2007
I been concerned about poverty and related issues such as preventable deaths, unnecessary suffering, and inadequate education (just to name a few) for quite some time. Our Day to End Poverty provides a wonderful opportunity to move beyond concern into action.Written in a style that brings forward the immediacy of poverty-related issues, Our Day to End Poverty is a diverse and interesting guidebook, providing hundreds of possibilities for actions anyone can take.
It would be easy to overwhelm readers with the enormity of the task. Instead the authors treat poverty, with the turn of every page, as a problem we can clearly beat through individual and collective action.
Working through the actions in this book opened doors to other possibilities, and has helped me uncover new places I can help and encourage others to join me. All of this, and I am truly only beginning to explore the depth of what this book has to offer.
(5 of 9 readers found this comment helpful)