5 WAYS YOU CAN HELP
RIGHT NOW
Direct from the President of The Borgen
Project, these are the five most important
ways you can help advance the cause and
improve living conditions for the world's poor.
1. Call your congressional leaders
The Borgen Project has quickly become a
politically powerful ally for the world's poor
and much of that influence has come from
Borgen Project supporters across the country
who make weekly Hero Calls to their
representatives in Congress. Political leaders
receive a weekly report from their staff that
tallies the number of calls they received on
each issue. Every call you make gets noticed
by your political leaders!
Time requirement: 30-seconds per call.
2. Mobilize your People
Mobilize your friends and family to call their
congressional leaders. Oftentimes a political
leader in Congress will support a
poverty-reduction bill with as few as 6-7
people calling their office.
Time requirement: 60-seconds per person.
3. Donate
President Barack Obama was able to build a
highly-effective, well-funded movement,
because everyday people donated what they
could $10, $25, $50. It all has an impact in
bringing political attention to global poverty.
Time requirement: 3-minutes
4. Build Buzz
Email, call, chat, Facebook... There are many
ways can you build buzz for the cause and
engage those around you.
Time requirement: Varies
5. Sign-up for E-Alerts & News
Our research shows that people who receive
The Borgen Project's E-Alerts become more
knowledgeable of the issues and engaged in
the cause.
Time requirement: 15-seconds
RIGHT NOW
Direct from the President of The Borgen
Project, these are the five most important
ways you can help advance the cause and
improve living conditions for the world's poor.
1. Call your congressional leaders
The Borgen Project has quickly become a
politically powerful ally for the world's poor
and much of that influence has come from
Borgen Project supporters across the country
who make weekly Hero Calls to their
representatives in Congress. Political leaders
receive a weekly report from their staff that
tallies the number of calls they received on
each issue. Every call you make gets noticed
by your political leaders!
Time requirement: 30-seconds per call.
2. Mobilize your People
Mobilize your friends and family to call their
congressional leaders. Oftentimes a political
leader in Congress will support a
poverty-reduction bill with as few as 6-7
people calling their office.
Time requirement: 60-seconds per person.
3. Donate
President Barack Obama was able to build a
highly-effective, well-funded movement,
because everyday people donated what they
could $10, $25, $50. It all has an impact in
bringing political attention to global poverty.
Time requirement: 3-minutes
4. Build Buzz
Email, call, chat, Facebook... There are many
ways can you build buzz for the cause and
engage those around you.
Time requirement: Varies
5. Sign-up for E-Alerts & News
Our research shows that people who receive
The Borgen Project's E-Alerts become more
knowledgeable of the issues and engaged in
the cause.
Time requirement: 15-seconds
- 980 million people live on less than $1.00 per day.
- 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation.
- 126.5 million children in developing countries are underweight.
- 25% of all hungry people are children.
- The life expectancy in Africa is 50.
GLOBAL POVERTY & HUNGER
- 25,000 people (adults and children) die every day from hunger.
- 963 million people are hungry every day (more than the populations of
the USA, Canada and the European Union). - 60% of 963 million hungry people are women.
- The number of undernourished people rose by 75 million in 2007.
- 10.9 million children under the age of 5 die each year due to malnutrition.
- More than 70% of the 146 underweight children under 5 live in just 10
countries. - 1 out of 4 children, in developing countries, are underweight.
- 684,000 child deaths world wide could have been prevented by providing
access to Vitamin A and Zinc. - Malnutrition and hunger related diseases cause 60 % of deaths.
- WFP and UNAIDS estimate that it costs an average of US$0.66 per day
to provide nutritional support to an AIDS patient and his/her family. - 1 in 7 people do not get enough food to be healthy.
