Make Poverty History Emirates

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Make Poverty History-Emirates (MPHE/MPH-Emirates)
Type	Advocacy Campaign/Anti-Poverty Coalition
Founded	15th April 2005
Headquarters	United Arab Emirates
Key people	Anish Kattukaran, Founder & National Coordinator Jaser Faruq, Outreach Coordinator Sana Syed, Internet Coordinator Michael Sammuel, Mobilization Coordinator
Industry	Non Profit Campaign
Products	White Wrist Band
Website	www.makepovertyhistory.ae

Make Poverty History-Emirates (MPHE/MPH-Emirates) is an open and growing coalition of UAE based organizations that are working together to eradicate global poverty and assist in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's).

The campaign was founded in 2005 by Anish Kattukaran and claims to have mobilized over thirty five thousand people to date, across three Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah), in support of its goals. It forms the national arm of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), the largest anti-poverty coalition in the world.

1 Overview
2 Demands
3 National Campaign Coalitions
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Overview

Make Poverty History-Emirates initially slated to be a one year long awareness campaign, rapidly grew into a national anti-poverty coalition. The campaign was founded in April 2005 and was launched as a coalition at an 'Initiation Conference' at the Farimont Dubai in September 2005.

At the 'Initiation Conference', MPH-Emirates alligned itself to GCAP and its goals, effectively forming its UAE national arm. The coalition extended its mandate to operate until the end of 2007 in line with GCAP's reworked 'Beirut Declaration' (GCAP's Mandate). Make Poverty History-Emirates will study the possiblity of extending the campaign beyond 2007 based on the outcomes of GCAP's national assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay in May 2007.

[edit] Demands

Make Poverty History-Emirates is committed to:

Raising awareness on key global issues like Extreme Poverty, Hunger, Disease and Education.
Mobilizing the public on key global dates in support of these issues.
Assisting in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
Promoting volunteerism amongst the public of the United Arab Emirates

At a global level the coalition seconds the demands of The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, its parent campaign.

Excerpts from GCAP's Beirut Declaration:

There is great diversity among our group, but we know that we will be more effective when we work together. We do not endeavour to reach absolute agreement on detailed policy, but we want to pressure governments to eradicate poverty, dramatically lessen inequality, and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The demands:

Public accountability, just governance and the fulfillment of human rights
Trade justice
A major increase in the quantity and quality of aid and financing for development
Debt cancellation

[edit] National Campaign Coalitions

Make Poverty History-Emirates is the national arm of The Global Call to Action Against Poverty or GCAP. GCAP has national coalitions working in over a hundred countries, a few of which are listed below, for a detailed list please see [1]