blessed britons

- 3.8 million children are living in poverty in the UK (after housing costs)
- The proportion of children living in poverty grew from 1 in 10 in 1979 to 1 in 3 in 1998. Today, 30 per cent of children in Britain are living in poverty.
- The UK has one of the worst rates of child poverty in the industrialised world
- 43 per cent of poor children live in a household headed by a lone parent. The majority of poor children (57 per cent) live in a household headed by a couple.
- 42% of children in poverty are from families with 3 or more children

— End Child Poverty

End Child Poverty

mad world

... estimates using International Panel on Climate Change assumptions show that stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at 1990 levels would have implied a global, equal carbon entitlement of about 0.43 tons per person. Yet in 2000, actual per capita emissions in the rich countries were about 3.4 tons, meaning that each person in the rich world was over the limit by approximately 3 tons. According to the UK government, the damage cost of carbon emissions is US$56 to US$223 per ton of carbon. Using a mid range estimate of US$140, each person in the rich world owes US$420 annually through excessive use of carbon. In total, this results in a South-North flow of around US$400 billion.

— Action Aid

Real Aid

fundraising

house that Jack built (postscript)

Submitted by antarchi on May 9, 2007 - 14:56.

well... of 551 jobs advertised under Charities in the Guardian's job pages, 91 are for fundraisers and 168 are for managers. On a rough calculation, £3 million ($6 million) is available for fundraising; £6 million ($12 million) is available for managers. Not that it is anything (necessarily) to do with HRE, but one sometimes wonders if the 'Charity' world is not becoming a service industry, servicing mostly itself.

this is the house that Jack built

Submitted by antarchi on May 9, 2007 - 00:02.

With apologies to Mother Goose and to antarchia's thriving community of human rights educators...

* * *

This is the child that works like a slave.

These are the rights,
That belong to the child that works like a slave.

These are the pupils,
That studied the rights,
That belong to the child that works like a slave.

This is the teacher,
That taught the pupils,
That studied the rights,
That belong to the child that works like a slave.

This is the training,
That trained the teacher,
That taught the pupils,
That studied the rights,
That belong to the child that works like a slave.

This is the trainer,