Making Poverty History.

“Poverty of course is a crime. Poverty is a discrimination. Poverty is worse than racism. Poverty is a social injustice. Poverty is a prison. Poverty is a destruction of human dignity. Poverty is a condemnation to death. I dream of that time when poverty is ended and I know it will be during my lifetime!” - Alphonse Toussaint 

In 2010 I was an ambassador on the Make Poverty History Roadtrip. This Roadtrip consisted of over 1000 Australian youths travelling to Canberra to advocate that Australia raise its foreign aid commitment to 0.7 per cent of GDP.

Make Poverty History is a coalition of more than 70 aid and development organisations, community and faith-based groups. In Australia, Make Poverty History works in partnership with Micah Challenge and the Global Call For Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and halve global poverty by 2015.

In 2013 I will be once again venturing down to Canberra on the Make Poverty History Roadtrip, this time as a group leader, in an effort to raise awareness of the commitment made by the Australian government to raise our nations commitment to the MDG's.