What is this?
Welcome to the Wishing Tree, where you can make a wish to end poverty. Right now, one in every six people around the world lives on less than $1 a day. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Add your wish towards an end to poverty, and the Wishing Tree will grow with each submission. Think about the world you would like to see – what does it look like? What would you wish for on the road to ending global poverty?
You can also send your wish to your local Member of Parliament and the Prime Minister, urging them to hear your call and take action.
Together we can work towards a better world – a world where poverty is history!
Who are we?
The Wishing Tree is a project of Make Poverty History.
In Australia, Make Poverty History is a coalition of more than 60 aid agencies, community groups and religious organisations who are responding to a global call to action to end the injustice of poverty.
The Australian government has pledged only 0.5% of gross national income (GNI) to overseas development assistance by 2015. The world standard, as set by the United Nations, is 0.7% GNI now, not in 5 years time.
By supporting the Make Poverty History campaign, you are sending a message to your local and federal government representatives that you think more should be done for those living in poverty, for those without consistent means of income, for those without access to good and affordable health care, for those who go to bed hungry every night.
You are asking that developed countries like Australia take responsibility for the impact they have had on the global climate by taking steps to reduce the effect of Climate Change on those who will be hit hardest.
Make Poverty History needs your voice. Join the millions of people in Australia and around the world who are taking action to Make Poverty History.
About the Wishing Tree
Right now, one in every six people around the world lives on less than $1 a day.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
You can make your wish to end global poverty, and contribute to the largest anti-poverty movement in history. Join the global call to action to end the injustice of poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. By adding your wish to the Wishing tree, you can ensure your political leaders hear your voice, and help achieve the world we’d all like to see.
Make Poverty History today.
