uend poverty
DESCRIPTION
UEnd: empowers you to give a new kind of gift—one that helps eradicate extreme poverty and changes the way we think about giving through the redirection of a small portion of your gift spending.TRANSCRIPT
3,000,000,000 (billion)
over
live on less
people
half of the world Almost
than $2.50 a day
I never did anything
because...
and...
about it
I didn’t know it was that bad
at
explore I decided to the issues
I found new causes I believe in
of poverty every day
25,000 children die
yet I never saved
I didn’t think I could make a difference
a life because
If I assume I can’t help
because a 2% diversion of Christmas spending would put $20 billion toward eradicating world poverty
So I my assumptions let go of
then I never will
Less than 1% of that could put every child in the world
in school
Almost $1 trillion per year is spent on holiday gifts.
yet it never happens
I never gave because I’m just one person
nothing
That’s not logical.
If everyone does
cares
will change.
but...
then nothing
Everything will change Then
Everyone If
unable to read a book or sign their names.
Nearly 1 billion people
entered the 21st century
I didn’t help
because I couldn’t afford to give
A little is better than nothing.
Some conceptions need to be destroyed. Slay the Sacred Cow.
Everyone can afford to give
Creatively Think
Something
Most of the money goes to overhead and salaries.
But charities aren’t efficient anyways.
“what concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people
think things are”
go directly to the project of choice
of donations through 100%
-Epictetus, Philosopher
have inadequate access to water
1.1 billion people in developing countries
yet I’ve been too busy to give
So I reversed my viewpoint
“You can’t see the good ideas in front of you by looking twice as hard at what’s behind you”
Online gifting at
-Andrew Mercer, Innovator
takes less than 5 minutes to complete
And I couldn’t find a cause I believed in
So I challenged the rules
There are almost 100 projects in
he can choose from
and gave to a friend
gave a gift,
You can do the same
I changed the way I think. made a donation, and changed the world.
Our Mission
UEnd.org exists to inspire and empower North Americans to refocus a portion of their Christmas spending towards strategic and sustainable projects in the developing world to help them eradicate poverty.
visit us online at www.uend.org