“For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits and ensure healthier children, families and communities.” ChildrenHelpingCommunityNumbersPovertyCuttingCostSafeDiseaseDollarsLifetimeProtectionMedicalTreatmentHospitalsHealthcareVaccinesDoseSave A LifeMedical Treatment Author:Seth Berkley
“The service of India means the service of those teeming millions steeped in poverty, ignorance and disease. To see that in my lifetime we can soften these harsh edges of extreme poverty and unleash a new economic and social revolution which will bring out the latent creativity and entrepreneurial spirit of our people, I think that's what I feel, I think.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMeanSpiritSocialPovertyCreativityMillionsEconomicIgnoranceRevolutionDiseaseIndiaLifetimeEdgesExtremesHarshEntrepreneurialLatentSocial RevolutionExtreme PovertyEntrepreneurial Spirit Author:Manmohan Singh
“Even in the era of the first black president, racism is still the most intractable issue in USA. Regarding poverty, half of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Poverty is certainly worse for African-Americans now than it was during King's lifetime.” FirstsStillsBlackPresidentHalfPovertyIssuesKingsRacismLifetimeAfrican AmericanErasUsa Author:Tavis Smiley
“With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.” ChildrenDifferentMovingPovertySupportGrowing UpGrowingBenefitsLifetimeTrackHouseholdFulfillingDestinedChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point- who gets excited by a mere penny? But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days.” IfsWorldFactsHandsPovertyHealthyFindingsMereLifetimeSimplicityCastsExcitedGenerousPennies Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK
“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.” InspirationalTimeCommunityWealthPovertyEconomicsSacredLifetimeBoundsSurplus Author:Andrew Carnegie