In closing the strategic planning process, and envisioning the future, the team at endPoverty undertook deep reflection and stock-taking of decades of collective work. We juxtapose this with projections for the future, questioning deeply how the experience, data and our spiritual convictions inform the future of poverty alleviation. This birthed our new strategy for 2023 – 2027, the impact of which will transform 70,000 lives through job creation. Reflecting on the Journey The work of alleviating poverty is a long-running concerted mission that joins communities, donors, governments, churches ..read more

In closing the strategic planning process, and envisioning the future, the team at endPoverty undertook deep reflection and stock-taking of decades of collective work. We juxtapose this with projections for the future, questioning deeply how the experience, data and our spiritual convictions inform the future of poverty alleviation. This birthed our new strategy for 2023 – 2027, the impact of which will transform 70,000 lives through job creation. Reflecting on the Journey The work of alleviating poverty is a long-running concerted mission that joins communities, donors, governments, churches ..read more

Far from being a “great equalizer”, COVID-19 has revealed and compounded existing inequalities in wealth, race, gender, age, education, and geographical location. Inequalities between the wealthy and the poor have been especially highlighted because of Covid-19. The wealthy’s lives have become more affluent while the lives of the poor have become more devastating.  The world was already extremely unequal before the pandemic. A small group of just 2,000 people had more wealth than the rest of the world. Pre-Covid, nearly half of humanity was forced to survive on less than $5.50 per day. Fo ..read more

Global poverty is at an all-time low, but extreme poverty in Africa is increasing. Africa is the final frontier of global poverty reduction.   Global Poverty In 2015 the UN established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in hopes to solve some of the world’s biggest issues with a deadline of 2030. Number 1 on the list is to eradicate poverty. In this time, global poverty has fallen to a record low. For the first time in history, more than half of the global population is now middle class or wealthier, as fuelled by the rising middle class in Asia. The World Bank says that le ..read more

Agriculture in Kenya Overview Agriculture is key to Kenya's economy. The industry contributes to 26 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and another 27 per cent of GDP indirectly through linkages with other sectors. The sector employs more than 40 per cent of the total population, mostly women and youth, and more than 70 per cent of Kenya's rural people. Agriculture accounts for 65 percent of the export earnings, and provides livelihood in the way of employment, income, and food security needs for more than 80 per cent of the Kenyan population.  Barriers Many of the smallholder f ..read more

Every charity organization, just like a profit-driven business, has to deliver a product or service that creates value for its customers. Whether we call them customers, clients, or beneficiaries, this is the primary reason every organization exists.  Reducing costs, stretching each donation further, and increasing the impact has become a defining challenge for non-profit organizations today. The primary challenge we face is the competitive marketplace for non-profits. As the number of organizations increases, carving out a specific niche in the market becomes increasingly challenging.&nb ..read more

Poverty is not necessarily about a lack of access to income or food. Poverty can show its ugly face in a multitude of ways. A lack of access to health services, education, and necessities vital for survival all compromise a person’s quality of life. Poverty can also bring to the surface an increase in societal instability, sexism, ableism, classism, and racism. Poverty is complex, meaning there’s not one specific way to solve the problem. Fortunately, new innovations designed to combat poverty can help. Innovative ideas and products have the ability to save countless lives. Here are four innov ..read more

Approximately 1 in every 10 people wake up each morning to live through the next 24 hours with just $1.90. Poverty means more than hunger and malnutrition from lack of income. Living on less than $2 per day deprives the poor of education, excludes them from society and precludes decision-making. Poverty eliminates the difference between life and survival. In 2015, all UN Member States adopted 17 goals as part of the international 15-year plan called 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDG). Among them, the number one goal is “Ending Poverty”. Goal 1 recognizes that ending poverty in all i ..read more

In 2016 my wife and I relocated from Hong Kong to Washington DC, where I started working for endPoverty.org. I had just finished my MBA and never knew what opportunity lied ahead. Five years later, here I am at endPoverty, counting my blessings as one of the lucky ones who get excited about his work every morning. During high school and college, I worked at a local convenience store and my most pressing memory is counting down the hours till the end of each shift. Work was just a transaction. I was paid for my time and the work I did and that’s where it ended. Apart from the fact that it help ..read more

Earlier this month, Bamenda – the North West City where our Cameroon program is headquartered, reported their first 2 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases in Cameroon to 730, the most in Sub Saharan Africa. As the pandemic creeps into Sub Saharan Africa, the people facing the greatest risk are the poor. Gladys Embi Tang, a widow and mother of seven, was displaced due to the political crisis, and had to move into Bamenda, with her children. She lives in atiny room, where space is so tight that she had to appeal to friends and relatives to take in 3 of her children, as she does ..read more