Live 8 - The Long Walk To Justice
Live 8, which was launched by Bob Geldof, is a series of concerts and events across the world, which are being staged to highlight the problem of global poverty. It's a chance for ordinary people to call on world leaders at this year's G8 summit and tell them to put a stop to the needless deaths of 30,000 children every single day.
On 6th July 2005, the leaders of Great Britain, the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia will meet at Gleneagles in Scotland to talk about world affairs, including Africa. They will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make trade laws fair.
The G8 summit is our opportunity to demand that the world's most influential leaders take action now.
Live 8 has organised concerts in Philadelpia, Berlin, London, Rome, Paris and Edinburgh, with 100 artists, a million spectators, two billion viewers and one message: Make Poverty History.
For more information, check out the Live 8 website.
Technorati have even launched a special Technorati Live 8 site.
Al Jazeera English Goes Live The Long Tail (Chris Anderson) Live Earth Concerts Line-Up Al Gore Announces 'Live Earth' Concerts In The Name of SecurityIt is a good thing which there is such an initiative, but I think that before that if one wants éradicate poverty or to limit it, an effort of sensitizing must be made.
It will be also very effective if each one of us starts to think of the others and to make efforts within the limit of its possible.
Posted by: M2K at June 24, 2005 03:16 PMM2K, I think that everything that can be done should be done, from informing people, to pushing world leaders, to aid organization, to every single thing possible.
Of course this all starts from within the person and spreads outwards. We all have to look inside of us, pull out all our compassion and help one another.
Posted by: MMM at June 27, 2005 03:29 PM