{"id":3654,"date":"2008-10-01T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T21:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3654"},"modified":"2008-10-01T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T21:20:41","slug":"10-easy-free-steps-you-can-take-to-end-poverty-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/10-easy-free-steps-you-can-take-to-end-poverty-today\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Easy, Free, Online Steps You Can Take To End Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>\u201cNobody is asking us to love others more than we love ourselves,” said the “poet president” of Tanzania Julius Nyerere. “But those of us who have been lucky enough to receive a good education have a duty also to help to improve the well being of the community to which we belong; is part of loving ourselves!\u201d<\/p>\n You’ll fund the donation of 1.1 cups of food. While you’re there, take a look at their equally worthy sister sites.<\/p>\n Study for the GRE, test your English abilities, or simply bone up on your vocabulary. While you do, your clicks will generate funding for donating free rice to the hungry. Better yet, share this online game with students you know.<\/p>\n This tongue-in-cheek organization turns our concepts of poverty around and asks for a renewed commitment to the Millennium Development Goals. Read more about what makes HelpSweden a good idea<\/a>.<\/p>\n You’ll get your money back and you’ll have helped somebody to build a business or a home. <\/p>\n Read about other great events, get inspired, and then if you want, you can even host your own event and post an update about it on the website. I’ve organized similar events. They’re really not too difficult and in the end they’re a lot of fun.<\/p>\n OK, this one might cost a fraction more, but using your keen shopping sense can offset the difference. Everyone wants a fair deal. Show the world how it can be done by shopping ethically. Plus, shop online<\/a> and save on transportation and time.<\/p>\n You’re responsible for what your money does. Your money can actually help the poor get richer while helping you get richer too. US-based Calvert<\/a> and non-US-based Oiko credit<\/a> are two examples of SRI investment.<\/p>\n Well, there’s at least one bank<\/a> that’s doing a good thing. However, if you have your money in a faceless multinational bank, why not consider a cooperative credit union instead?<\/p>\n Charity credit card rewards plans are usually free of annual charges and they might actually make you feel good for a change about charging your purchases.<\/p>\n Once you do, you can select the poverty-fighting organization of your choice as the target for the donations you’ll raise whilst surfing the web.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody is asking us to love others more than we love ourselves,” said the “poet president” of Tanzania Julius Nyerere. “But those of us who have been lucky enough to [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":3655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9,7,1],"tags":[1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,62,1713,19,1714,1715,1716,1717,115,1444,635,1718],"yoast_head":"\nStep 1: Click once a day at TheHungerSite.com<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 2: Play at FreeRice.com<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 3: Sign the petition at HelpSweden.org<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 4: Put some of your paycheck into Kiva.org<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 5: Sign up and organize an event to end poverty at StandAgainstPoverty.org<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 6: Buy Fair Trade<\/a> foods and products.<\/h3>\n
Step 7: Invest with Socially Responsible Investing<\/a> in mind.<\/h3>\n
Step 8: Instead of a bank, invest in a credit union<\/a>.<\/h3>\n
Step 9: Subscribe to a charity rewards credit card<\/a> plan.<\/h3>\n
Step 10: Make Goodsearch.com<\/a> your search engine.<\/h3>\n
Read More About Poverty and Development Around the Globe<\/h3>\n
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