Uend Poverty

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3,000,000,000 (billion) over live on less people half of the world Almost than $2.50 a day

description

UEnd: empowers you to give a new kind of gift—one that helps eradicate extreme poverty and changes the way we think about giving through the redirection of a small portion of your gift spending.

Transcript of Uend Poverty

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3,000,000,000 (billion)

over

live on less

people

half of the world Almost

than $2.50 a day

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I never did anything

because...

and...

about it

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I didn’t know it was that bad

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at

explore I decided to the issues

I found new causes I believe in

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of poverty every day

25,000 children die

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yet I never saved

I didn’t think I could make a difference

a life because

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If I assume I can’t help

because a 2% diversion of Christmas spending would put $20 billion toward eradicating world poverty

So I my assumptions let go of

then I never will

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Less than 1% of that could put every child in the world

in school

Almost $1 trillion per year is spent on holiday gifts.

yet it never happens

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I never gave because I’m just one person

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nothing

That’s not logical.

If everyone does

cares

will change.

but...

then nothing

Everything will change Then

Everyone If

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unable to read a book or sign their names.

Nearly 1 billion people

entered the 21st century

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I didn’t help

because I couldn’t afford to give

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A little is better than nothing.

Some conceptions need to be destroyed. Slay the Sacred Cow.

Everyone can afford to give

Creatively Think

Something

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Most of the money goes to overhead and salaries.

But charities aren’t efficient anyways.

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“what concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people

think things are”

go directly to the project of choice

of donations through 100%

-Epictetus, Philosopher

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have inadequate access to water

1.1 billion people in developing countries

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yet I’ve been too busy to give

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So I reversed my viewpoint

“You can’t see the good ideas in front of you by looking twice as hard at what’s behind you”

Online gifting at

-Andrew Mercer, Innovator

takes less than 5 minutes to complete

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And I couldn’t find a cause I believed in

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So I challenged the rules

There are almost 100 projects in

he can choose from

and gave to a friend

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gave a gift,

You can do the same

I changed the way I think. made a donation, and changed the world.

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Our Mission

UEnd.org exists to inspire and empower North Americans to refocus a portion of their Christmas spending towards strategic and sustainable projects in the developing world to help them eradicate poverty.

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