ENDING POVERTY IN OUR LIFETIME

Rising International is part of an exciting, optimistic, hardworking, global movement that has pledged to end poverty in our lifetime. Yes, it seems overwhelming, but it is possible now as never before. Unprecedented levels of communications, technology and human awareness make solving global poverty possible. But to do it we need to act now and act together.

Rising's contribution is to open markets, through the very successful home party model of sales, in the United States and, eventually other counties, for individual and collective women producers of art products and crafts living in high risk areas of developing nations. Secondly, because the Rising home party takes place in the intimate setting of your living room or office, you and your friends share the inspiring, brave and sometimes funny stories of the crafters and artisans along with the chance to purchase beautiful creations.

Solving the massive problem of global poverty will not be easy, but it can be done.
Hear what experts have to say:

    
   

“Poverty can be eliminated in a surprisingly short time if we focus on the problem.”
- Stephen Smith, Ending Global Poverty; A Guide to What Works

“The end of poverty is at hand - within our generation - but only if we grasp the historic opportunity
in front of us.”
- Jeffrey Sachs, The End of Poverty; Economic Possibilities for Our Time

    


Two of the world's leading economists, Stephen Smith and Jeffrey Sachs, have recently released books about ending poverty in our lifetime. Both take an in-depth look at the traps that keep people living in poverty: disease, physical isolation, climate stress, environmental degradation and extreme poverty itself. Sachs and Smith point out that when poverty is extreme, the poor do not have the ability to escape by their own efforts alone. And, although the traps seem hopeless, both agree that there are ways out of all them.

The biggest challenge the poor face is getting a foothold on the ladder of economic development… just a foothold. Once on the ladder, evidence suggests that people, households and countries continue to climb up
the rungs of development.

40% OF HUMANITY LIVES IN POVERTY

Our focus at Rising International is to increase access to economic power for women at the very bottom -- the women of the developing world, especially those living in high-risk situations, so that they may reach the first rung and move up toward economic safety. ( See the WORLD POVERTY LADDER ) . Many women in developing countries already produce beautiful and practical items using traditional techniques of their own unique designs. However, they lack access to the markets where those with disposable incomes live. They may also lack basic tools of production. Rising helps with both of these.

Research shows that when women in developing countries are given the chance to earn money and educate children, it triggers an inspiring sequence of results:

•  Enhanced nutrition, health and life expectancy
•  Lowered infant and maternal mortality rates
•  Improved housing and sanitation
•  Increased family planning
•  Gross domestic product grows

By empowering impoverished women, we change the world.

Rising as Part of a Global Movement

Rising supports the 191 United Nations member states that signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration and created The Millennium Development Goals to end extreme poverty by the year 2025.

These eight goals are:

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  2. Achieve universal primary education
  3. Promote gender equality and empower women
  4. Reduce child mortality
  5. Improve maternal health
  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
  7. Ensure environmental sustainability
  8. Develop global partnerships for development

To help put an end to extreme poverty by 2025, Rising is employing one of the world's most successful business models, the home party model.This model allows us to implement this strategy.