Give Up A Gift School4

u e nd: has a challenge for U
This holiday season…
Ask for a different kind of gift
A gift to end extreme poverty

Extreme poverty is defined by the United Nations as… living on under $1 a day You can’t even buy a cup of coffee for that in Canada.

That’s misleading…
They aren’t living… … they are actually dying every day from preventable causes… … from poverty

No guilt, just facts :
1.2 Billion (1 in 5) people live like that in the world In our world In my world In your world

½ the people in our world live on under $2 per day More than 3 Billion people

$1/ day

Over 22,000 people will die from poverty today … … and tomorrow, and every day And it is preventable

$1 trillion spent on holiday retail & wholesale in North America
$750,000 thrown away daily on disposable paper cups
$40 billion is spent annually on video games

So…
How much money would
end extreme poverty ?

according to the World Bank
$50 billion annually
for 15 years
if spent properly

That’s 5% of what we spend during the holiday season in North America
1 out of 20 gifts

So how can U make a difference?
Shocked? It’s mind boggling!

How ?
If we all asked to receive
just one gift differently this holiday season…

How ?
If Canadians alone committed to
just one $20 gift, we would raise
$676,000,000

U have
the power
to choose.

Do you need another
‘ coolest pair of jeans in the world’?
Or…

… an education so she can feed her family for years to come?

Do you need that new super-cool
tech thing-a-ma-jiggy?
Or…

… clean water for him for a Year?

Image by C. Bolin We can put an end to poverty in our lifetime.

Would U
Give up a Gift this holiday season…
… if it meant putting an
END to poverty?

Ask your friends ,
ask your family ,
ask everyone …
To give U a different kind of gift this holiday season

Take the challenge Give up a Gift at

Give Up A Gift School4

by Jay Baydala

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