Latest Borgen Project Merchandise

The Borgen Project’s new line of merchandise is now available at http://www.cafepress.com/borgenproject.

5 in 50 Campaign Begins

The Borgen Project needs 5 people in each state to call their Senators about the Global Poverty Act. The calls take 30-seconds and are hugely impactful. Learn what to say and why these simple calls are so important.

The Millennium Declaration to End Global Poverty

Africa’s Motorcycle Doctors

Borgen Project on Capitol Hill for Global Poverty Act

Members of the Borgen Project were on Capitol Hill this week building support for the Global Poverty Act. The bill passed in the House in September and the Borgen Project is now working to get it through the Senate. Members met with 22 Senate offices in three days on Capitol Hill.

PicCell Wireless Donates to the Borgen Project

PicCell Wireless has announced plans to help fund the Borgen Project’s campaign to reduce global poverty. The PicCell Wireless donation is expected to greatly improve the Borgen Project’s 2008 operations. Leadership at PicCell Wireless has closely monitored the Borgen Project’s work and decided to back the organization. Read more about PicCell’s donation at Yahoo News.
Global Poverty Act

Obama, Hagel & Cantwell Introduce Global Poverty Act in the Senate

Presidential candidate Barack Obama announced yesterday that he will introduce the Global Poverty Act in the Senate. Obama teamed with Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Democrat Maria Cantwell of Washington. Clint Borgen will be on Capitol Hill January 7th building support for the bill. The Global Poverty Act requires U.S. leadership to “develop and implement a strategy for addressing global poverty.” The bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in September.

The Borgen Project needs supporters calling their Senators.

Read Obama’s news release about the Global Poverty Act

Buy a Cute Bag = Feed a Child for a Year

The World Food Programme has developed a functional way to help reduce poverty: purchase a FEED tote bag, and all of the proceeds will go to feeding school children for a year. Why is the focus on feeding school children? Because of the short- and long-term benefits that children attending school receive. Not only are they receiving an education, but children who eat a full meal at school improve their concentration levels, have more energy, are more likely to go to school regularly and improve their overall health. Girls are more likely to marry and have children later in life. Illiteracy levels decline. Children are healthier and stronger, and able to help and support their parents and community better. The benefits of a regular meal are numerous and expand into all areas of a child’s life.

The FEED bag is reversible in white and tan, and made out of natural burlap and cotton fabric. The white side has three pockets, including perfect places for a cell phone and keys. The design was inspired by the FEED bags that the WFP uses to distribute food to developing countries all over the world. The bag is sold exclusively at www.amazon.com for $59.95.

Simple Solutions to Poverty-Reduction

View the new section of the website that highlights simple and innovative ways poverty is being fought on the ground. http://borgenproject.org/simplesolutions

Scrabulous Joins the Cause

Special thanks go out to Jayant and Rajat Argawalla, two brothers living in India that created and developed the genius webgame and Facebook application, Scrabulous. They have very generously donated advertising space to the Borgen Project! To put things in perspective, their game, Scrabulous, has more than 950,000 registered users and over 340,000 active users everyday. That’s almost a million people that can click on the Borgen Project’s link and learn about global poverty reduction efforts. This is exactly what we love to see: people utilizing their resources to further the poverty reduction cause.  Read a Wall Street Journal article about the Argawalla brothers and Scrabulous.