13 July 2005
Live 8 Update
Posted by Mikhail Esteves under: General .
The Live 8 Site reports:
20 years ago, LIVE AID achieved a staggering $200m for those suffering death by starvation. We were addressing the symptoms of poverty.
Last Saturday LIVE8 asked $25bn per annum for Africa to attack the structures of poverty. And today Africa got it.
No longer will the lives of the African poor be framed by charity but rather defined by justice.
That long walk is now over. Brought to an end by the greatest act of mass advocacy in political history.
LIVE8 was wonderful and devastatingly effective. The figures announced today are not simply cold numbers.
They mean 10m people alive because you danced for life.
They mean 20m children in school because we played our guitars.
5m orphans taken care of because we sang for joy.
600,000 people every year will not now die of malaria.
The list of excellence goes on. The list of lives stretches to the future.
You did this.
We invited you on a long walk and you went all the way. You are a great peaceful army of 3 billion who walked for those who could barely crawl. And you won.
Thank you so very much. Millions live because of you.
live8, g8 One Comment so far...
Jim Stolze Says:
26 July 2005 at 7:42 pm.
Dear Blogger,
Thanks to Technorati I noticed that your blog contained one or more
stories about Live8.
I would like to draw your attention to a new blog-initiative called
Blog8: http://www.blog8live.com
It’s goal is to get as many response/ postings/ clicks as possible to
support the Global Act Against Poverty (Make Poverty History).
The weblog has been launched in The Netherlands as one of the first
countries. Next week Belgium and South-Africa will follow. Check out:
http://www.blog8live.com/nl (dutch).
My question is: do you want to participate in the US-version of the weblog?
For example writing an article about it, placing the banner on your
website etc.
We plan to go live on September 10th (second international Whiteband-day).
If you have any ideas at all, don’t hesitate to contact me.
With kind regards,
Jim Stolze
— Blog Poverty History
feedback@blog8live.com | http://www.blog8live.com
