Make Poverty History

Make Poverty History: "The WTO meeting failed to deliver the trade justice deal needed in 2005 to make poverty history. The responsibility for the WTO failing the world's poor rests with rich countries whose governments, despite all our campaigning, did not show willingness to deliver trade justice. The agreement reached is far from just for the poor of the world."

A lot of talk and no action. Historically we are in a position to make a difference. We have the transport, we have the communications, we have the technology. Why do we shy away from it? Over Christmas I saw the Live Aid concert and was well fed and sheltered enough to appreciate it was a fantastic concert and a massive effort on the part of the music world to try and FEED THE WORLD. Twenty years have gone by and nothing has changed. What kind of generation are we? We go to these massive efforts, we get people aware and in the know...and then those who can make the changes do not. 2005 gave us the Make Poverty History concerts. Rent a riot tried to destroy the message at the G8, but failed. Again we wanted to change everything. The WTO has just met. What happened to th promises, the capacity to care about others? We could change this. Why are we so reluctant to act en masse for good purposes? Why do we shy away from easing the misery of other people? What is the matter with us? Within my group some of us have sponored children this year. One sister has been working for the past year in an African nation and is going back with her mother after Christmas because they both want to help. Someone else has been in Africa as a volunteer and 3 others are lined up waiting to go. So my own group has an awareness that we can make a change. If it is getting through to us, why is is not changing in the grand scheme of things?