In The News: Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa

It seems that despite the media attention to the ONE campaign it has gone a little unnoticed that the amount of aid that the US is sending to Africa has been tripled with more aid promised. The Washington Post has an interesting article about the varying viewpoints surrounding this issue and how it was the Evangelical community that brought this agenda to the Whitehouse. There are a lot of interesting (and controversial) concepts here to discuss.

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How Rich Are You?

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here’s your chance to find out.

Visit the Global Rich List, enter your annual income, take a look at the results, and then come back here to share your thoughts: www.globalrichlist.com

How rich are your really? What does the LORD require?

In the News: What Should a Billionaire Give — and What Should You?

Charity, Compassion, Philanthropy, Stewardship — the ethics of billionaire spending and philanthropy. What does the world need? What is the world doing? What can be done? What should we do? If “even the heathens” can accomplish so much than how much more should the Church expect of itself? Peter Singer just published a phenomenal article in The New York Times that provides an outstanding entry into global justice issues complete with reality, philosophy, and hard numbers. A must read.

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In the News: Blood Diamond

This month the movie Blood Diamond has stirred up renewed attention to the reality of conflict diamonds and the human toll of the diamond trade. Read on for articles and resources for an informed response to this issue.
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December 10th is Human Rights Day

Check out the United Nations page on Human Rights Day and celebrate that on this day in 1948 the UN General Assembly adopted Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The focus this year is on poverty. “Poverty is a cause and a product of human rights violations.”Read on to learn more…

The video is from the intro of the 1998 Amnesty International Paris Concert DVD celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the UDHR.

“Today, poverty prevails as the gravest human rights challenge in the world. Combating poverty, deprivation and exclusion is not a matter of charity, and it does not depend on how rich a country is.

By tackling poverty as a matter of human rights obligation, the world will have a better chance of abolishing this scourge in our lifetime…Poverty eradication is an achievable goal.”

Louise Arbour
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Learn more from: The United Nations Human Rights Day website and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights website.

December 1st is World AIDS Day

Around forty million people are living with HIV throughout the world - and that number increases in every region every day. Ignorance and prejudice are fuelling the spread of a preventable disease.

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