Christian Children’s Fund is encouraging you to spend a portion of your tax return to sponsor a child in a developing country for a year. Sponsorship leads to sustainable communities all over the world. An estimated 2 billion people live in poverty.
$288 is all it takes to help one child can grow up to become a leader in his or her community to bring lasting and positive change. According to the Christian Children’s Fund (CCF) the average tax returns in the United States is $2,200.
In addition to $288 to sponsor one child, CCF offers donors a chance to buy gifts for communities. …read more

Yesterday was Blog Action Day; the subject was poverty. One of our commenters, Nicole LaMarco, who blogs at Your Writing Career also blogs at Loving Liberty. Her entry there yesterday was called: 20,000 People Died Yesterday.
When I read that entry I realize I’ve never been hungry and probably won’t ever be no matter what I might say if my lunch is delayed.
Like Nicole I regularly donate stuff I don’t use. Sometimes I do it formally, like to Goodwill, sometimes I put it on the street where it’s always picked up by people who can use it.
And as she suggests, we …read more

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
Poverty is the topic of Blog Action Day 2008 which is tomorrow, Wednesday, October 15th. The idea is to generate a world around conversation about solving poverty thought the power of blogs.
Visit the site, promote the event and tomorrow share your best ideas on how we can end poverty. You’ll be one of thousands so if you write about ending poverty tomorrow, come back here and post your blog’s link here. I’d love to know what you’re saying.
Write well and often,

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