Take a stand against poverty on orkut

The orkut team loves hearing about all of the interesting ways that different people use orkut. When something really cool comes our way, we try to spread the word to as many of you as possible. Recently we learned about an important project hosted by the United Nations Millennium Campaign that is using an orkut community to take a stand against global poverty. Check out what their campaign has to say and join their orkut community!

From the folks at the UNMC:


Stand UP Take ACTION 17- 19 Oct, 2008



In 2000, the leaders of 189 countries signed the Millennium Declaration with the vision to do everything in their power to end poverty. They pledged to do this by achieving the 8 Millennium Development Goals, a roadmap to end extreme poverty by 2015.

It is now 2008, half-way through the journey, and a lot of work remains to be done. Each day 50,000 people die as a result of extreme poverty while the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase in many places around the world. Nearly half the world's population remains in poverty, and 70% of those impoverished are women.

We have the power to change this.

We believe orkut is a powerful means of engaging people who care about fighting global poverty. Join our orkut community to find out how you can take action in your local area between October 17th and 19th to ensure that governments all over the world hear your demands to end poverty and inequality.



We've also created an interactive video on YouTube that you can check out. Inspired? If you write a blog, add this badge to your profile by copying and pasting this html:



<a href="http://www.orkut.com/endpoverty" ><img src="http://standagainstpoverty.org/files/badge_orkut_1_0.gif" alt="badge_orkut.gif" title="EndPoverty2015 on orkut" width="200" height="50" border="0" /></a>

Take a look at this video of some of the other people who have united around this cause. We hope you're inspired to get involved!

Posted by Miles Johnson, Product Marketing.