Pakistan: Moves afoot to boost girls' primary school attendance
Like many girls her age in Pakistan's rural Sindh Province, Sajeda may never realise her dreams after dropping out of school at a young age. "We couldn't afford for me to attend so I gave up," the demure 10-year old said, sitting beside her father, Mir Mohammad, in the simple mud-brick home she shares with her five brothers and sisters in Pakistan's rural Ghotki District.

IRIN News, May 31, 2007

A library per household
A novel program aimed at fomenting a reading habit among low-income sectors was launched in Argentina: the "Books and Houses" campaign will deliver a bookshelf complete with 18 volumes to each affordable housing unit assigned to families this year through government assistance plans.

Inter Press Service News Agency, May 31, 2007

Southern Africa: IMF policies may impact on education quality
International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies which require many poor countries to freeze recruitment of teachers in an attempt to curb spending is impacting on the quality of education, says a new report.

IRIN, May 30, 2007

Ahead of G8 children 'Move the World' in Berlin and demand education for all
Over 100 children joined hands in solidarity and moved the world through Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate in demand that the G8 take steps to make sure that money be made available so that everyone can have an education.

Global Campaign for Education, May 30, 2007

How we lied to Africa
Nearly two years ago, an 86-year-old man shuffled to the front of a stage in Johannesburg and challenged people to "wipe poverty from the Earth". Nelson Mandela, watched by an estimated billion people as he addressed the 2005 Live8 concert, called on world leaders gathering for the G8 summit to show commitment, to not make hollow promises. "It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity."

The Age, June 2, 2007

Livesimply book urges curb on northern lifestyle
"Make Poverty History showed that many people are concerned about poverty and want to see change in the way the world operates. Livesimply challenges people in the global North to take the next step: to be the change they want to see, to make the changes in their own lives that, like ripples in the teeming ocean of the earth community, will reach out and help bring change to the lives of others. Only if we live sustainably, if we walk our talk, can we really help the poor." Edward P. Echlin

Progressio, May 17 2007

Simply Sharing Week - "Send My Friend To School"
Schools and churches are encouraged to visit this website to download resources and materials for the 2007 Simply Sharing Week campaign. The theme for 2007, "Send My Friend To School", aims to educate Australian students and church members on why education is such an important component in poverty reduction and building peace. Individuals and groups are encouraged to demonstrate their commitment to education for all primary-aged students around the world by going online to make a virtual "friend". These virtual "friends" will be presented to the Federal Government later in the year with a request to increase aid to basic education. Students are also encouraged to order "Send My Friend to School" pencils.

ww.simplysharingweek.org.au

Indonesia: Art, Activism and Rock 'n Roll
The members of Taring Padi use art as a medium for education and liberation to empower the working classes of Indonesia with democracy and human rights. Squatting in an old university art school in Yogyakarta, Central Java, the men and women of Taring Padi have survived kidnappings, torture and fundamentalist violence to stand against a corrupt state and the power of the Indonesian military in an effort to educate and inspire fellow Indonesians through the power of art as a cultural tool.

SBS TV, Wednesday June 6 @ 3:00 pm

"It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to run a [cake] stall to buy a bomber."

Anonymous

"God calls us to look hard at our lifestyles and to choose to live simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the poor. In this way we can help create a world in which human dignity is respected and everyone can reach their full potential. This would be true progress, worth more than economic growth alone."

Livesimply