Dear Friends,
Justice. Empowerment. Education. Partnership.
The Global Citizen Program gives you the opportunity to share different ideas and solutions to eradicate the social problems existing in our countries and communities. Thanks to Global Citizen Program I broadened my knowledge and realized that with collective struggle and hard work radical and important changes will be achieved in our town, showing that the best resource our world has is its people.
–Gabriela M. Alicea Cabrera; Participant, Global Citizen 2017Testimonial | EIL | Youth Initiatives
Priority Feature
Poverty
Poverty goes hand-in-hand with inequality. Not all demographic groups share equal representation among those whom we call the poor or the working poor. Certain groups are over-represented. Poverty, however, is more than a lack of or insufficient income. It carries with it lack of access to physical and mental healthcare, education, shelter, and overall safety. Poverty is neither a “state of...