http://www.makepovertyhistory.ca/en/about
This is an example where local community members join together to outline ways to help the poverty issue.
It has a varitey of local support of organizations, but clearly no government affliations or help.
The key feature it is using the social medium to spread awarness of the issues at hand. It uses various celebrities to promote their message by having a section that allows them to post their views and opinions.
A very neat and key feature.
The campaign was launched in Canada in 2005 with the support of a wide cross-section of public interest and faith groups, trade unions, students, academics, literary, artistic and sports leaders. National campaigns are now active in over 100 countries.
Make Poverty History’s has a clear outline to how to eradicate the poverty issues:
MORE AND BETTER AID
TRADE JUSTICE
CANCEL THE DEBT
END CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA to help those in need.
The impact is difficult to measure because there are no metrics or indicators in place. It seems to be only a way to facilitate information, which is great in its own sense.
A second aspect that will allow the success of this organization is that it be aligned with a government agency to give it credibilty. It has done extremely well on creating a buzz, but it lacks government support.
Also its objectives are valid points, but vague in the sense how countries should go about organizing them, a system needs to be in place to help mitigate the debt, it cannot be just removed. For example, the money that is being repaid is put back into the communities for roads and structural improvements.
But what it does well is it creates awarness among the public of the issues.
