Make Poverty History

Make Poverty History "is part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty involving about 80 countries that aims to end the injustice of poverty. It is the largest anti-poverty movement in history.

"In Australia, Make Poverty History is a coalition of more than 60 aid agencies, community groups and religious organisations. The coalition seeks to ensure the Australian Government creates policies that: guarantee more and better aid, debt relief, fairer trade, help poor communities keep their governments accountable, tackle climate change and honour commitments made to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a global plan to halve poverty by 2015."

In 2013 a new successor campaign was launched in the UK called Enough Food For Everyone IF.


 * Co-chairs, Tim Costello and Andrew Hewett

Campaign Members

 * Action Against Poverty
 * Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia
 * Aidwatch
 * Anglican Board of Mission
 * Anglicord*
 * Archbishop of Sydney's Overseas Relief and Aid Fund
 * Assisi Aid Projects
 * Australian Business Volunteers
 * Austcare: World Humanitarian Aid
 * Australian Conservation Foundation
 * Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
 * Australian Doctors International
 * Australian Education Union
 * Australian Lutheran World Service
 * Australian National Committee on Refugee Women
 * Australian Relief and Mercy Services
 * Australian Reproductive Health Alliance
 * Australian Services Union (ASU)
 * Australian Volunteers International
 * Baptist World Aid Australia*
 * Burnet Institute
 * Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc.
 * CARE Australia
 * Caritas Australia*
 * Catholic Mission
 * ChildFund Australia
 * Christian Blind Mission International
 * Comic Relief
 * Credit Union Foundation Australia
 * Engineers Without Borders Australia
 * Fair Trade Association Australia and New Zealand
 * Family Challenge
 * Foundation for Development Cooperation
 * Fred Hollows Foundation, The
 * Friends of the Earth Australia
 * Greenpeace Australia Pacific
 * HOPE (Householders for the Protection of the Environment)
 * International Centre for Eyecare Education
 * International Needs Australia*
 * International Women's Development Agency
 * Jubilee Australia
 * Marist Mission Centre*
 * Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Development & Peace
 * National Council of Churches in Australia Christian World Service
 * Oaktree Foundation
 * Open Door Mission
 * Opportunity International Australia
 * Oxfam Australia
 * PALMS Australia
 * Plan International Australia
 * Quaker Service Australia*
 * RESULTS Australia
 * Save the Children Australia
 * Sense Foundation
 * Sexual Health & Family Planning Australia
 * TEAR Australia*
 * The 40K Home Foundation
 * UNICEF Australia
 * Union Aid Abroad—APHEDA
 * Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide
 * Uniting Church Overseas Aid
 * United Nations Association of Australia
 * United United Nations Youth Association (UNYA)
 * Water Aid Australia
 * World Education Australia
 * World Vision Australia*
 * YMCA Victoria
 * ZeroPoint7

(* Micah Challenge Australia member. For more information on Micah Challenge see Churches)

Criticism

 * Nicolas Sireau, Make Poverty History: Political Communication in Action (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Contact

 * Web: http://www.makepovertyhistory.com.au

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Richard Hawkes
 * Justin Forsyth
 * War on Want