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vision to fight global poverty

I met Eugene Cho about 2 years ago at lunch at the Mustard Seed House. What struck me about Eugene was his open and honest approach to ministry and how that tend to affect family life. Recently Eugene and his wife Minhee, began a non-profit/non-religious grassroots humanitarian organization with the vision of joining others to fight extreme global poverty. 
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using facebook to fight global poverty « beauty and depravity

This comes from my friend Eugene Cho
using facebook to fight global poverty
After mocking social networking sites for awhile, I finally joined Facebook one year ago. And while there are still some things that I strongly dislike about Facebook [e.g. constant invitations to Applications], I am a big fan. It works. I’ve [...]

emerging stories

 Wanna share your stories?
Thomas Knoll will create a fringe collaborative publishing house if 20 people commit to writing a book on the platform.
Check this out - emerging stories

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slow down week jan. 13-19

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Buy Nothing Day - Adbusters

Buy Nothing Day - Adbusters

A 24 hour moratorium on consumer spending - participate by not participating
This November 23rd, environmentalists, social activists and concerned citizens in as many as 65 countries will hit the streets for a 24-hour consumer fast in celebration of the 15th annual Buy Nothing Day, a global cultural phenomenon that originated in [...]

Global poverty prayer week

Global poverty prayer week
Global poverty prayer week (12-18 Nov)
Tearfund’s Global poverty prayer week (12-18 November 2007) pulls together thousands of Christians hungry to hear God and keen to be part of a miracle.
We’ve created a special, free DVD for you to use with your church during the prayer week - click here to order, or [...]

Make Affluence History

Make Affluence History
The high living standards read: mass consumption of industrialized nations is subsidized by the very low and lowering living standards of underdeveloped nations. We rarely connect our wealth and the poverty of others. To make poverty history, we need to Make Affluence History.
action ideas
skimp on consumption
Spend one day (or week, or month) [...]