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

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

That’s misleading…

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

No guilt, just facts :

No guilt, just facts : ½ the people in our world live on under $2 per day More than 3 Billion people

No guilt, just facts :

$1/ day

No guilt, just facts : Over 22,000 people will die from poverty today … … and tomorrow, and every day And it is preventable

No guilt, just facts :

No guilt, just facts : $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

No guilt, just facts :

$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 ?

So…

How much money would

end extreme poverty ?

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

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

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!

So how can U make a difference?

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

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

How ?

If Canadians alone committed to

just one $20 gift, we would raise

$676,000,000

U have the power to choose.

U have

the power

to choose.

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

Do you need another

‘ coolest pair of jeans in the world’?

Or…

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

… 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…

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?

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

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