Poverty is defined by Wikipedia as the is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life, including food, clothing, shelter and safe drinking water, and may also include the deprivation of opportunities to learn, to obtain better employment to escape poverty, and/or to enjoy the respect of fellow citizens.
About the UN End poverty by 2015 Campaign
End poverty by 2015 is a campaign by the United nations to end by the year 2015. This can be achieved by meeting the following eight Millennium Development Goals.
1. End Poverty and Hunger
2. Universal Education
3. Gender Equality
4. Child Health
5. Maternal Health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS
7. Environmental Sustainability
8. Global Partnership
For more information on the campaign visit http://www.endpoverty2015.org/
Environmental Organizations in Jamaica (Blog Action Day 2007)
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