About Us1.4 billion people on our planet live in extreme poverty. The Global Poverty Project's mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to see an end to extreme poverty. MediaMedia enquiries please contact media@globalpovertyproject.com.
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Previous Coverage 2012 | 3 July 2012 One per cent to go: Can we end polio? - The Global Mail 21 May 2012 Actress Malin Akerman Lives Below the Line to Fight Hunger - MSNBC 14 May 2012 Celebrities meet challenge of eating on less than $1.50 a day - Examiner Below the Line - Us! Weekly 11 May 2012 Why I'm living on $1.50 a day - Huffington Post Celebs dare you to Live Below the Line in support of the Global Poverty Project - Examiner 10 May 2012 Live Below the Line: Minka Kelly, Malin Akerman, Others Live on $1.50 a day for Poverty Awareness - Huffington Post 8 May 2012 Social Media Campaign Challenges You to Live on $1.50 of Food per Day - Mashable Actress will live on $1.50 a day - CNN 6 May 2012 Live Below the Line - Washington Times 27 April 2012 Live Below he Line - Huffington Post
2011 | 31 October 2011 Closing the gap on polio - Girl with a Satchel 29 October 2011 $50m pledge to stamp out polio - The Age 24 October 2011 Gillard, Gates call for action on polio - 9 News Eradicating polio will pay big dividends (Opinion piece by Bill Gates and Julia Gillard) - The Age Eradicating polio will pay big dividends (Opinion piece by Bill Gates and Julia Gillard) - Sydney Morning Herald 21 October 2011 Bill Gates: A Call to Action on World Polio Day - The Huffington Post Polio, Quick Study - Readers Digest A Legend at helping the needy - West Australian 20 October 2011 Make it the end - The Wire magazine: West Australian End of Poverty with John Legend - WAtoday 11 October 2011 The End Of Polio Trailer - MTV Australia 9 October 2011 The End of Polio Concert - Sunday Times, Perth 28 September 2011 Musicians boost polio campaign- The West Australian 24 September Message to CHOGM: let's get rid of polio forever - The Post 20 September MPs urged to join world push to wipe out polio - Canberra Times 19 September 2011 Canberra urged to fund polio fight - Nine News 7 September 2011 Piper, the end of polio and possibility - Girl with a Satchel Piper and The End of Polio - She Said 5 September 2011 The End of Polio Campaign - Mamamia 25 August 2011 Making the world polio free - ABC Radio Australia 28 July 2011 Polio on the verge of defeat - The Australian 27 July 2011 Global fight against polio - 6:30 with George Negus 26 July Polio eradication - ABC Radio National: Life Matters 30 June 2011 Polio on th eveerge of defeat - The Australian 24 May 2011 Lentils: How to *really* eat them – SarahWilson.com.au 7 May 2011 Eat for $2 a day? You don’t have to be lentil as anything to make a meal of it – The Age 19 March 2011 The Game Changers - The Australian 10 March 2011 Girl Talk: The Purse Project - Girl with a Satchel 16 February 2011 Smokey Mountain - The Perspectivist 26 January 2011 Simon McKeon named Australian of the Year for 2011 - Herald Sun Simon McKeon named Australian of the Year - SBS World News Corporates can do more: Australian of Year - Ninemsn.com Australian of the Year, 'Corporates can do More' - The Epoch Times 3 January 2011 Redefining the Role of Amercia's Sweetheart - The Huffington Post
2010 | Back to top 4 October 2010 Actors Lend Support to Global Charities - Wall Street Journal 13 September 2010 Australia told to give more foreign aid - Asia Pulse 10 September 2010 Give more aid, Australia told - Radio Australia (ABC) 2 August 2010 The Grill Team interviews Hugh Jackman - Triple M (Sydney) The Aussie Posse - The Huffington Post Luke joins five-day poverty campaign - Peninsula News 30 June 2010 The $2 a day poverty-line diet
2009 | Back to top 2 December 2009 Join former young Australian of the Year Hugh Evans' fight against poverty - The Daily Telegraph 17 July 2009 Global Poverty Project visits Google Sydney 15 July 2009 Bike rider pedals poverty message - The Northern Star 7 July 2009 Australian made campaign urges global action on poverty - ABC Radio Australia 2 July 2009 Hugh Evans on 9am with David and Kim on Channel Ten - Channel 10 Network Hugh Jackman goes to UN to join fight against poverty - Herald Sun Australian Group Tackles Global Poverty - World News Australia (SBS) 1 July 2009 The woman who inspires Hugh - Australian Women's Weekly 25 June 2009 Gen Y-not tackles world poverty 18 May 2009 Australia to launch anti-poverty push
2008 | Back to top 2 October 2008 Wall Street and Global Poverty - Opinion Piece 29 September 2008 US bailout no excuse for sellout - by Hugh Evans - Herald Sun 25 September 2008 Launch of Global Poverty Project at UN 22 September 2008 Young Aussie to Catapult Extreme Poverty onto Political Agenda 19 September 2008 Global Poverty Project Launched in PNG 17 September 2008 Young and ready to change world - The Australian
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This project is inspiring.  Hugh Jackman
Australian actor and Global Advisory Panel Member. Contact the teamClick here to contact The Global Poverty Project Team.
We're impressed particularly by the very practical approach towards mobilising communities and policy makers around the world so that they can take practical and measureable steps to combat poverty. Achmat Dangor,
CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation
We strongly support this initiative. Salil Shetty,
Director, United Nations Millennium Campaign |
