Global Poverty Resources

African Children's Choir members

When a single ministry program creates a positive impact in a variety of ways on a diverse group of people, I get chills. Besides the fact that it is an economical use of resources, there's something aesthetically beautiful about the way these inspired programs work. It's like seeing the incalculable benefit of community before your eyes. That is the feeling I had when I learned about the African Children's Choir.

 As we took a moment earlier this month to reflect on the tragic day that befell us on September 11th of 2001, I was reading and looking at photos displaying the outcry of compassion and love shown to the US immediately following that day that will forever be implanted in our minds.  Among the host of images were purple mohawked hipsters aligned side by side with WWII veterans outside of the gates of the US Embassy in both Berlin and London, as well as shots of men and women crying in the streets of Israel.

As Zimbabwe's post-election crisis continues, the Guardian has released the first-ever video of how Mugabe rigs the national elections.

An intense hurricane season has pummelled the agricultural lands of Haiti and Cuba, wiping out at least $180 million in crops alone. These losses bring even more uncertainty to the future of the already-troubled Caribbean nations.

This inspiring 20th anniversary gospel concert at the beautiful Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver B.C. is an accumulation of two decades of heart warming music and performances by the African Children’s Choir. Since arriving in Vancouver in September 1984 their incredible journey has taken them around the globe where they have exhilarated audiences every where with their message of hope and healing. The performance, featuring 60 current and former members of the African Children’s Choir, unites today’s Choir children with young adults who were members of the very first Choirs in the mid-1980s.

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Foreign debt is one of the most significant barriers to economic growth in Africa. These interactive maps from DATA, the organization behind Live 8 and the ONE campaign, show where the need for debt relief is greatest.

Acirfa and its partner Zambikes are distributing bikes in the African countryside, enabling doctors, teachers, and families to spend more time working and less time walking. It's a simple program with the potential for major economic impact.

The Web is making it vastly easier to coordinate large-scale disaster relief and pandemic response efforts. USAID's interactive map shows many of the NGOs working to prevent the next bird flu or SARS crisis.

Microloans have transformed the lives of millions worldwide. Opportunity International takes microfinance to the next level, establishing banks in which the world's poor can save the profits of microenterprise.

Over 100,000 may have died from Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar on May 2. Donations to World Vision will provide the estimated 2 million displaced victims with necessities of life.