Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Member since:
October 13, 2009
Number of visitors
12680
Videos watched
71065

 


Organization
Last name: Global Call Against Poverty
Email: info@whiteband.org

Website

Volunteer work

Description


The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women’s and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.

Twitter

Facebook

This 6-minute film follows case workers in Haiti central plateau as they work with new members of a program to reach people living in extreme poverty. The program - Chemen Lavi Miyo or "Pathway to a Better Life" in Haitian creole - is testing a new approach to helping people living in extreme poverty to transition into a sustainable way of life. This highly structured and intensive program combines livelihoods and basic support with training and financial management so that at the end of just 18 months, participants will be equipped with the skills and a business plan to move themselves out of poverty. The case managers "accompany" the women now in the early stages of their journey out of extreme poverty - a time of great change in their lives, but also some setbacks. Zetrenne Joseph, a grandmother who is caring for 2 grandchildren after their parents died, tells us that she no longer needs to beg in the local town to feed the kids. But last night it rained, and she and the two boys spent the night moving around in the mud in her tiny shack. Elmina Bousquet was forced to give up 2 of her 9 children to servitude in Port-au-Prince because she was unable to feed all her children. As a result of the program, she&aposs been able to bring the 2 girls home. We witness the proud moment when a group of graduates from the program-women who completed the first round last December-make their first independent repayment on a mainstream microfinance loan from income they have earned on ...
Views: 4773



Embed:


 

Videos (17)
Newest | Most Viewed | Most discussed
 
 
This 6-minute film follows case workers in Haiti central plateau as they work with new members of a program to reach people living in extreme poverty. The program - Chemen Lavi Miyo or "Pathway to a Better Life" in Haitian creole - is testing a new approach to helping people living in extreme poverty to transition into a sustainable way of life. This highly structured and intensive program combines livelihoods and basic support with training and financial management so that at the end of just 18 months, participants will be equipped with the skills and a business plan to move themselves out of poverty. The case managers "accompany" the women now in the early stages of their journey out of extreme poverty - a time of great change in their lives, but also some setbacks. Zetrenne Joseph, a grandmother who is caring for 2 grandchildren after their parents died, tells us that she no longer needs to beg in the local town to feed the kids. But last night it rained, and she and the two boys spent the night moving around in the mud in her tiny shack. Elmina Bousquet was forced to give up 2 of her 9 children to servitude in Port-au-Prince because she was unable to feed all her children. As a result of the program, she&aposs been able to bring the 2 girls home. We witness the proud moment when a group of graduates from the program-women who completed the first round last December-make their first independent repayment on a mainstream microfinance loan from income they have earned on their businesses, and Merline Thomas, a "CLM graduate" who finished the program in December 2008, sells her produce at the local market. Above all, we observe the remarkable transformation in the lives of these women, and in their hopes and plans for the future. After a series of pilots in 3 regions of Haiti, the program is now ready to scale up in the central plateau, largely because of the high standard of health care offered in that region through a partnership with Paul Farmer&aposs Zanmi Lasante, Partners in Health. "What we want to demonstrate," says Anne Hastings, director of the program, is that there is a "proven, replicable, methodology for accompanying people as they struggle to make their way out of these conditions into a ...decent standard of living." She wants to scale up the program to reach every single village in Haiti, and to demonstrate to the world that "it isn&apost rocket science to eliminate this kind of poverty... It doesn&apost take a genius to implement this model. It just takes dedication to working with this population group. Source: MicrofinanceNow
 
08:14
Added: 115 weeks, 6 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 4773 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Kenyans will join the world in marking the international day of peace by sending peace text messages this Sunday. Source: kenyacitizentv
 
02:27
Added: 115 weeks, 6 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 3082 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Cgap - MicrofinanceLeadersFinancialCrisis
 
02:43
Added: 119 weeks, 2 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 3234 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Cgap - MicrofinanceLeadersReneeChaoBeroff563.flv
 
04:52
Added: 119 weeks, 3 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 3435 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Cgap - MicrofinanceLeadersBobAnnibale703.flv
 
04:58
Added: 119 weeks, 3 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 3302 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Wada Na Todo Abhiyan - India
 
08:02
Added: 127 weeks, 2 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 4217 , comment 0
vote 0
 
Videos from Women's Tribunals on Climate Justice held in India and Niger Delta in November 2009 in the run up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen
 
04:37
Added: 127 weeks, 3 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 3456 , comment 0
vote 0
 
The series of Climate Justice Hearings and Women's Tribunals are taking place between October and December 2009 with a view to gathering and sharing the testimonies of people who are living the effects of climate change. These testimonies are being shared with politicians and media around the UNFCCC climate talks in Copenhagen in December 2009. The Global Call to Action Against Poverty alliance has been coordinating these events through national coalitions and with support from Oxfam and national groups
 
01:59
Added: 127 weeks, 3 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 6462 , comment 0
vote 0
 
On 16th October 2009 the Seed institute held the first Peoples tribunal on poverty in Kasarani constituency at the National Catholic Youth Center Mji wa Furaha bringing together residents local leaders, members of the parliamentary caucus on MDGs, members of the civil society and the media among other organizations. Over 600 people attended the hearing that was presided over bya jury consisting of two members of the Parliamentary Caucus on MDGs and Poverty and three officials of the Kenya Parliamentary Journalist Association. The peoples tribunal on poverty provided the local community with an opportunity to share their real life experiences with effects of climate change particularly focusing on three key areas food, water and energy crisis.
 
02:00
Added: 127 weeks, 3 days
From: Global_Call_Against_Poverty
Views: 4574 , comment 0
vote 0
 

Page: 1 2 >
 

Favorites
Newest | Most Viewed | Most discussed
 
Global_Call_Against_Poverty does not have any favorites.

Comments
Do you want to add a comment?
Join GoodnessTV, or Login if you are already a member