TOKYO —

Forty-three nongovernmental organizations in Japan set up a network Wednesday to advocate a global fight against poverty through the achievement of U.N. Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
   
The network established by groups such as Japan units of Oxfam, Save the Children and World Vision will represent Japan in a global anti-poverty alliance known as the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. GCAP, which was formed in 2005, has been active in more than 100 countries. It has adopted the white band as a symbol of its advocacy campaign.
   
Toko Tomita of Hunger Free World, one of the 43 NGOs, said at a symposium to mark the launch of the network that one in five people in the world suffer from extreme poverty at present. She argues it is unfair for financial institutions hit hard by the ongoing global financial crisis, and not poor people, to receive massive financial support from the government.
 
Makoto Yuasa, an activist tackling domestic poverty issues, said he believes there are similarities in the root causes of Japanese and global poverty and that it is important to see cooperation among activists.
 

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  fds at 10:41 AM JST - 18th June

  great! so who gonna pay for this? why should i?

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