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07/07/07 events to take place globally

by FairSay — last modified 2007-07-04 14:16
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When 2007-07-07
from 11:50 to 11:50
Where 07/07/07 events will happen all over the world
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7th July 2007
40 countries - 70 cities
One call

Speak out about the Millennium Development Goals
Remind the world that the poor are acutely affected by climate change
Get ready for Stand Up and Speak Out on October 17th


The  GCAP and MC are marking the half way point of the MDG on July

07, 2007. To know what is happening in your country click here.

Did You Know......
  • Over 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day with nearly half the world’s population (2.8 billion) living on less than $2 a day.
  • Between 1990–92 and 2001–03, the number of hungry people in Brazil decreased from 18.5 million to 14.4 million and the prevalence from 12 to 8 percent of the population.
  • In 1988 there were some 350 000 polio cases worldwide; by January 2005 there were only 1185 cases reported.
  • UNESCO say in the 2007 Global Monitoring Report, that Universal primary education would cost $11 billion a year … that's half what Americans spend on ice cream.
  • Globally, as of 2005, an estimated 15.2 million children under 18 have lost one or both parents to AIDS; about 80 per cent of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • International trade is worth $10 million a minute. 70% of this is controlled by multinational corporations.

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