HOW TO END POVERTY by Bryan Bissell

Prof. Homer Dixon University of Toronto

5 Critical Global Stresses: Environment Population Disease Poverty Energy

Next 100 years… Instability… Violence… Hardship

“Humanity is on the brink of a planetary emergency.”

CAN WE SOLVE OR REDUCE POVERTY???

3 BIG Problems 1) Unfair Trade Rules 2) Huge Debt 3) Poverty

MAKE TRADE FAIR " It's unfair that you pay $3.00 for a cup of coffee and yet we only get a couple of cents.“ Hamed Sahehussan, aged 55.

HAITI CHILDREN

“FREE MARKET” RESULTS “Rice producers want a better life. We work hard for it. But when we get to market we are bombarded with an invasion of cheap imported rice. How can we compete against the big guys?” Inodil Fils, father of 10 children “Real Lives”, www.maketradefair.com/en/index.php?file=issues_rice.htm

RICH COUNTRIES GIVE: $58 billion RICH COUNTRIES TAKE: $324 billion

DISEASE Each year ~8-10 million children die of hunger & preventable diseases – one every 3-4 seconds.

600 million children around the world live in extreme poverty

EDUCATION: It would cost ~£3 billion a year for every child in the world to go to school

DEBT RESULTS Many poorer countries pay so much money in debt repayments that they cannot afford to provide things like paved roads and enough housing

POVERTY CAUSES WAR & TERRORISM

POVERTY IS ECONOMIC WAR POVERTY KILLS 30,000 people every day die from poverty 3,000 people will die from poverty during this meeting. 3,000 people die every day from malaria. 8,000 people die every day from AIDS. http://www.freepoverty.com/, http://www.accessexcellence.org/aids/

JUBILEE MOVEMENT

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 1) SHARE & BE GENEROUS TO THE POOR James 1:27, “Pure and true religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.”

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 1) SHARE & BE GENEROUS TO THE POOR “하나님 아버지 앞에서 깨끗하고 순수한 신앙은 어려운 처지에 있는 고아와 과부들을 돌봐 주고 자신을 지켜 세속에 물들지 않는 이것입니다.” 야고보서 1:27

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 2) CANCEL DEBTS EVERY 7 YEARS Deuteronomy 15:1 “At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.” (NIV)

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 2) CANCEL DEBTS EVERY 7 YEARS `여러분은 7년마다 그 해 연말에 여러분이 받을 빚을 다 면제해 주십시오.” 신명기 15:1

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 3) TRADE FAIRLY Amos 8 says, “4Listen to this you who rob the poor and trample the needy!…5…you cheat the helpless and measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales…6..Then you enslave the poor for a debt of one piece of silver or gold or a pair of sandals. 7Now, the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel, “I will never forget the wicked things you have done!

GOD’S ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 3) TRADE FAIRLY * 가난한 자를 짓밟고 이 땅의 힘없는 자들을 못 살게 구는 자들아, 이 말을 들어라. *너희는 이렇게 말하고 있다. `언제나 초하루가 지나가고 우리가 곡식을 팔며 언제나 안식일이 지나가고 우리가 장사를 할 수 있을까? 물건은 적게 주면서 값은 올려 받고 저울을 속여 팔며 *은으로 가난한 자를 사고 신 한 켤레로 빈곤한 자를 사며 찌꺼기 밀을 팔자' *이스라엘의 자랑이신 여호와께서 맹세하며 이렇게 말씀하셨다. `그들이 행한 일을 내가 절대로 잊지 않을 것이다. 아모스 8:4-7

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING

KOREAN CAMPAIGNS

Sir Bob Geldof organized a series of huge pop concerts called Live 8 LIVE 8 & GELDOF Sir Bob Geldof organized a series of huge pop concerts called Live 8 Joss Stone is one of many artists performing

WE CAN STOP POVERTY! “Poverty is not natural.  It is man made and can be overcome by the action of human beings.” Mandela O' Leary, Seán. “Make Poverty History”. April, 2005. http://www.africamission-mafr.org/poverty.htm

3 GOALS 1) Make Fair Trade Rules 2) Cancel Debt of Poor Countries 3) Double Aid to Poor Countries

“We can do this, and when we do, it will be the best thing that humanity has ever done.” Bill Gates says: Gates, Bill. “The Best Thing We Could Ever Do”. July 4, 2005. bleedingedge.blogdrive.com/archive/67.html

Jesus says “Whatever you have done to the least of these my brothers, you have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:40

Jesus says “그때 왕은 그들에게 `내가 분명히 말하지만 너희가 이들 내 형제 중에 아주 보잘 것없는 사람 하나에게 한 일이 바로 내게 한 일이다.' 하고 말할 것이다. 마태복음 25:40

WAYS TO END POVERTY --Cut Military Spending 1) World spends $1,000,000,000,000 on military. Just 10% less could give everyone their basic needs.

WAYS TO END POVERTY --Be Generous 2) Koreans and Americans give $250 per year.

WAYS TO END POVERTY Practice Tithing 3) If ONLY American Christians gave tithe (10% of their money), we could give food, medical care and education to everyone.

WAYS TO END POVERTY --Government Spending 4) Governments and Leaders can make solving poverty a priority.

WAYS TO END POVERTY --Land Rent 5) Everyone has equal rights to land and nature

SUCCESSES--GOALS 38 COUNTRIES DEBT CANCELLED $50 billion will be given to Africa THIS SAVES MILLIONS OF LIVES!!! NOT DONE: Making Trade Fair

HOW CAN YOU HELP? 1) SIGN INTERNET PROTESTS LIKE WWW.ONE.ORG 2) JOIN E-MAIL LISTS & STREET PROTESTS IN KOREA dohye@ccej.or.kr www.endpoverty.or.kr, www.landjustice.or.kr 3) LEARN ABOUT POVERTY PROBLEM & TELL OTHERS www.endpoverty.or.kr, www.landjustice.or.kr 4) VOTE FOR LEADERS WHO WILL HELP POOR 5) PRAY, FOLLOW BIBLE PRINCIPLES, HELP PEOPLE BE INDEPENDENT

DEUTERONOMY 15:4-6 4There should be no poor among you, for the LORD your God will greatly bless you in the land he is giving you as a special possession. 5You will receive this blessing if you carefully obey the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today. 6The LORD your God will bless you as he has promised. You will lend money to many nations but will never need to borrow! You will rule many nations, but they will not rule over you!

DEUTERONOMY 15:4-6 여러분이 만일 여러분의 하나님 여호와께 순종하고 내가 오늘 여러분에게 명령하는 이 모든 것을 충실히 지키기만 하면 여러분의 하나님 여호와께서 여러분에게 주신 땅에서 여러분이 복을 받아 여러분 중에 가난한 자가 하나도 없을 것입니다. 여러분의 하나님 여호와께서 약속하신 대로 여러분에게 복을 주셔서 여러분이 많은 나라에 돈을 빌려 주기는 해도 빌리지는 않을 것이며 여러분이 여러 나라를 통치하는 일은 있어도 지배받는 일은 없을 것입니다.

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Together we can MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY in 2005