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What do you consider being the key global
problem to be addressed in our lifetime?
Why? How?
What kinds of obstacles do you see
currently or in the foreseeable future in
addressing this issue?
What kinds of resources do you have as RE
educator in addressing this challenge?
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People with more than enough have an
immediate and personal obligation to help
those living in extreme poverty.
- Peter Singer
It is clear that improvements in the lives of the
poor have been unacceptably slow, and some
hard-won gains are being eroded by the
climate, food and economic crises.
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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ACT is an alliance of 100 church and church related
organizations that work together in humanitarian
assistance, development and advocacy.
The alliance works in 130 countries and mobilizes 1.5
billion USD annually for its work for just world.
ACT alliance has over 30 000 people working for it
globally.
Members of the ACT Alliance are related to World Council
of Churches and Lutheran World Federation.
Finn Church Aid is part of ACT Alliance.
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“We work with and for people of all faiths and none. We give
priority to the poorest and most vulnerable people in areas of
the world with the greatest need for external assistance. And
we work to enable and strengthen existing capacity and
resources, putting communities at the center.
We work to uphold ethical and professional standards of
transparency and accountability to the communities we serve,
to those whose resources we are asked to be stewards of,
and to each other. In all of this, we are committed as an
alliance to learning, coordinating and collaborating with each
other and others to increase the difference we make.”
ACT Alliance
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Finn Church Aid
Finn Church Aid
- Reduces, together with less privileged people, their
vulnerability and works towards a more just world.
- Seeks to eradicate poverty together with the less
privileged and poorest people.
- Works towards justice with those who are oppressed and
advocates with those whose voices are not heard.
– Largest development NGO in Finland.
“Our aim is that disadvantaged and oppressed people have
the capacity, self-confidence and will to take positive
action to improve their lives. We emphasize the local
ownership and responsibility of any development effort.
We apply an integrated sustainable livelihoods approach
including food security, livelihood diversification, rights
awareness, and local conflict management and
reconciliation.”
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Where we work:
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Poverty is lack of basic human needs, such as clean
water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing
and shelter because of the inability to afford then.
Poverty is measured as either absolute or relative
poverty. Absolute poverty refers to a standard
consistent over time and between countries.
World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on
less than 1.25 USD/day and moderate poverty as
less than 2 USD/day. 1.1 billion people have
consumption levels below 1 USD/day. Almost 3
billion people live on less than 2 USD/day.
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Six million children die of hunger
every year - 17,000 every day.
Globalization has changed
the way we see
wellbeing.
We are interdependent from
one another and our
wellbeing is constructed
in relation to the
wellbeing of others.
Global financial crisis, threat
of terrorism and what
will follow from climate
change has concretized
that issues that have no
borders have to be
tackled globally.
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Living is dangerous
Every third death is due to poverty. 18 million people die annually due
to poverty. Most of them are women and children.
Poverty increases homelessness. There are over 100 million children
living in the streets.
Being a Mom is dangerous. Over half a million women die globally
when expecting or giving birth to a child.
Over 250 million people get ill annually from water-born illnesses.
Wars and crisis in Africa have cost over 300 billion dollars since
1990ies.
Human trafficking is modern slavery. Motivated by poverty,
prostitution is the major form of modern slavery. Markets of
human trafficking amount to some 10 billion USD annually.
By 2015 there will be over 1,2 billion young people under 25 seeing
jobs. Only some 300 million will find one.
International trade mount some 10 million USD per minute –
developing countries share is some 0,4 %, Half of what it was in
1980ies.
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Failure in the world order?
Poverty is the main global problem to be
tackled. It is considered more severe
problem than climate change, terrorism
or wars. 71% of people considered
poverty being the most worrying single
issue according to a global survey by BBC
in 2010.
The prevalence of poverty on this scale
must be considered a failure of the world
order.
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Percentage population living on less
than 1 dollar day 2007-2008
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World hunger map
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Global instability in the 21st century will
come not from superpowers but from
failed states.
There are some 30-40 failed states. These
states are major sources for regional and
international instability, crime and
suffering. These countries include
Somalia, Haiti, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Afganistan and others.
These failed or fragile states are unable to
secure the wellbeing and rights of their
citizens. The pose a major threat.
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Fragile states have weak or non-existant state
institutions, they lack resources and
infrastructure for basic services and they cannot
secure the security and rights of their citizens
These states need urgent assistance in building
governance structures, in securing rule and
culture of law and in fostering sustainable
livelihoods of their citizens.
Ending war and resolving conflict/s is often one of
the first steps towards this direction.
When state structures are failed often authority is
sought from traditional structures. Religions and
faith-based leadership play a major role.
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Do we help?
The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) –
which range from halving extreme poverty to
halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing
universal primary education, all by the target
date of 2015 – form a blueprint agreed to by all
the world’s countries and all the world’s leading
development institutions.
They aim to galvanize efforts to meet the needs of
the world’s poorest.
Some progress in cutting the rate of extreme
poverty, getting children into primary schools,
addressing AIDS, malaria and child health, and a
good chance to reach the target for access to
clean drinking water.
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Do we help?
World development aid combined was some 85
billion euros. Development aid alone will not end
poverty.
Investment into developing countries and their
economies, transmittances and other private
support, the resources of foundations and NGOs
add up. The private and NGO invest is amount 2.5
times the official ODA.
Aid dependency is a major problem. This has been
tackled, but corruption and state fragility make it
difficult.
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Poverty is human rights crisis
Money alone will not ease the hunger. Rights and
power are needed.
Fighting poverty is about fighting deprivation and
exclusion.
“People living in poverty lack material resources but
that more than that, they lack control over their
own lives. To tackle global poverty, we need to
focus on the human rights abuses that drive
poverty and keep people poor. Giving people a
say in their own future, and demanding that they
be treated with dignity and respect for their
rights is the way to make progress.” – Irene Kahn
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Potential futures?
Increased mobility due to climate change
Food crisis more severe in urban areas
Extreme weather conditions
State fragility paralyzes international community
Identity and resource wars
Polarization between rich and poor increases
security challenges everywhere
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Potential futures?
Tackling climate change unifies world
community
Pro-poor growth possible through land
reforms and rights advancement
South attracts investment, reforms in trade
policies
Down shifting, changes in consumption
patterns, increasing demands on radical
resource justice
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Can we increase our material wellbeing when others
live in hunger? How do we explain this to
ourselves? If poverty is considered the main
global problem why are we still so far away from
addressing the issue adequately?
How do we construct the Western ethics of growth?
Or down-shifting?
How do we supporting the younger generations in
constructing a world view mature enough to
tackle these issues? How can RE help?
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Thank you.
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