“If not one more cent in new aid money flowed [to Africa], we could with more urgency and efficiency and creativity be doing much more to take more people out of poverty.” PeopleIfsPovertyCreativityAidsCentsEfficiencyUrgency Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Whenever anybody called Nelson Mandela a saint, he would say: "If by saint you mean a sinner who is trying to be better, then I'm a saint."” IfsTryingMeanSaintSinnerNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest."” IfsSaidI CanHelpingNotesProtestNelson Author:Kumi Naidoo
“Many people theorize poverty, but so many elements of poverty, individually, for most people who theorize about poverty would be really difficult to even comprehend the individual things. Just take homelessness. If you are homeless, what does it mean not to have a post box where people can contact you; what does it mean not knowing where you're going to sleep at the end of the day; what does it mean not having a place where you can store what little you might possess. So dealing with homelessness in itself is a huge thing for most people who are commentators [on] or benefactors to poverty.” PeopleIfsMeanLittlesDoeEndsMightWould BeIndividualDifficultSleepPovertyKnowingHugeElementsBoxesStoresContactPostsThe End Of The DayNot KnowingHomelessHomelessnessGoing To SleepCommentatorsBenefactors Author:Kumi Naidoo
“The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's right to vote, and so on I would argue that if what is at stake is securing life as we know it, then there can be no bigger struggle that we face.” IfsKnowsFacesStruggleDemocracyVoteBiggerSlaveryClimateClimate ChangeArguingStakesRight To VoteAvertOthers Struggles Author:Kumi Naidoo
