Overcoming Extreme Poverty

Dear Friends, if you look at this section 'Letters from our Readers' now and again, you will come across something you've written, or some news that may be of interest to you!

Learning from the Letter to Friends

Dear Letter to Friends Around the World, I learned a lot from your Letter n°92. Mr Joseph: "We didn't know what we should do. We were trying, searching, learning. Everybody's bravery and intelligence combined." Blaise N: "If you have capacities, then you can do something. It's a powerful lever that... Read more

Fighting against climate change: not without or against the poorest

Take part in our discussion forum. Everybody knows that the fight against extreme poverty and the fight against climate change are linked. It is the poorest people that suffer most from the consequences of climate disruption (although their carbon footprint is the lowest). However, there is less awareness that they are sometimes also the... Read more

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Poverty in Nepal

Dear Forum, Thank you for your kind thoughts. I will go through your newsletters that you have sent me and see how I can get involved. Nepal has experienced earthquakes and certain sections of the country are homeless. They're in the midst of poverty as people need rehoused. Some are resorting to selling their organs, it can be this bad... Read more

Thank you for the Letter to Friends Around the World

Thank you very much for your email and the Letter to Friends Around the World Newsletters which I have been receiving. I have been away from my family and from Uganda since September 2012, studying a PhD in Special Education at a University in Cameroon, which I hope to complete and return to Uganda in several months time. Uganda Society of Hidden... Read more

Happy Moments

Dear Forum on Overcoming Extreme Poverty, Shabnam Resources have just finished a children's Summer Camp. Here are some photos where you can see lots of happy moments. There were lots of different activities. We are going to do other camps in child labour rehabilitation areas. Michel H., India Read more

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Discussion Forums

Proposition theme for October 17 2019

70 commentaires

May 2019 - The consultation is now finished. We have received 74 contributions from 34 countries, which have enriched the two proposals below. The contributions were presented to the United Nations...