On 17th October 2021, the world will commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP). This year’s theme is: Building Forward Together – Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet. As with each year, at Arigatou International – End Child Poverty, this day is often an opportunity for us to promote awareness, build advocacy and take action to address child poverty. This is anchored on our broader ‘Together We Can End Child Poverty worldwide’ campaign ..read more

What is IDEP? The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a day for awareness, advocacy and community actions to address poverty. It is marked every year on 17th October, through various activities across the globe. What is the IDEP 2021 Theme? This year’s theme is, "Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet." The IDEP 2021 theme focuses on efforts by communities to build resilience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic; tackling the intergenerational persistence of extreme poverty; and, responding to the global challenge ..read more

In December 2019, many people did not know or understood what is COVID-19 even though the virus was already affecting China. By January 2020, the virus was Italy and other countries. At this time, most Africans hoped and prayed that the virus would not visit the continent. The fear among many Africans was based on Western Media analysis that the virus will overwhelm Africa because of its poor medical infrastructure. Unfortunately for many Africans, by March 2020, the virus was in Africa and many governments began imposing COVID-19 restrictions ranging from bans on public gatherings, curfews ..read more

(International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, October 17, 2020) There’s an old African adage, “I am, because you are”. In the last few months, the world has lost over 1 million people to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The public health response to this virus has left millions of people in economic ruin, with lost jobs, businesses and other sources of livelihood. According to the UN, about 176 million more people will sink into extreme poverty as a result. Hundreds of millions of children and young people have lost valuable time in their education, and many thousands, especially girls ..read more

Blog  by Adikwu Ejeh Michael,  Africa Faith Leaders Initiative (AFLI) on Agenda 2030 In the beginning: Five years have elapsed since the United Nations adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It was an ambitious agenda yet one that faith actors believed was achievable by the grace of God. The world is at a critical point in time that it must not lose faith in this possibility. I believe that Africa as a continent of Faith with its ‘notoriously religious people’ still have faith in this ideal. Yet, we must be cautious that unless Governmen ..read more

Blog  by Adikwu Ejeh Michael,  Africa Faith Leaders Initiative (AFLI) on Agenda 2030 In the beginning: Five years have elapsed since the United Nations adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It was an ambitious agenda yet one that faith actors believed was achievable by the grace of God. The world is at a critical point in time that it must not lose faith in this possibility. I believe that Africa as a continent of Faith with its ‘notoriously religious people’ still have faith in this ideal. Yet, we must be cautious that unless Governmen ..read more

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are regarded as a blueprint to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030. Thus, they are a call to action to create a word where no one is left behind, including children ..read more

The evolving context of the COVID-19 pandemic has detrimental economic and social consequences in most countries across the world. This is especially the case for countries in the global south where vast majority of the citizens live in poverty. As a result, families living in poverty tend to face different challenges, and are at high risk of experiencing multiple deprivations that overlap, this includes, deprivation of safe drinking water, nutrition, cooking fuel, sanitation, healthcare, and education. Among this, children living in poverty are the most vulnerable as they tend to suffer more ..read more

The world is currently battling one of the worst health pandemics in decades, the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 ..read more

Apart from its immediate public health impact, the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have wide-reaching economic implications. Many countries have taken measures to limit or prevent social interactions through the implementation of curfews, lockdowns, and restrictions to movement. These have negatively impacted poor households which depend on dialy income to meet their basic needs ..read more