poverty

Teach a Child, Save a Generation

http://www.thatonecaveman.com

The best way to pull people out of poverty is to provide at least a decent grade school education. Sponsor a child and let them change their own world.

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Blog Action Day 2008 Contributors

http://freefrombroke.com

Many PF bloggers contributed to Blog Action Day. Check out some of them!

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Check Out Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty

http://blogactionday.org

A little off topic from the pf world but still an amazing project. One site has united more than 11,000 sites out to discuss one single issue - poverty. During a time where our global markets are in turmoil, we fail to realize that poverty is just as severe an issue worldwide. If the federal government can bail out companies to save our economy, why can not drastic measures be made to help the poverty issue domestically and internationally? Spread the word its for a great cause!

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Frugality to the Extreme: Would You Eat Out of the Dumpster?

http://ourfourpenceworth.com

My argument against the unsanitary practice of extreme consumerists mentioned in the MSNBC article "Frugalists find bargains in trash" who dumpster dive to set their tables, not out of poverty but out of frugality and a desire to spend their money on new computers and sneakers instead of food.

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