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The Millennium Campaign in Africa has been utilizing the 2010 FIFA World Cup as a key opportunity to build support for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) across the continent.
The Kick Out Poverty Campaign has helped to give a voice to the marginalized and promote the peoples’ movement for the MDGs across Africa, through partnerships and public activities. These events have included alternative football matches, road shows and community concerts where local leaders -- including politicians, teachers and religious leaders -- have articulated campaign demands and affirmed their commitments to the achievement of MDGs.
The Kick Out Poverty Campaign has enjoyed the international endorsement of it’s message‘Take Action for the Accelerated Achievement of the MDGs’ by world-class football players who believe in making a difference. Soccer superstar and USA defender Oguchi Onyewu is one of the players calling on governments to achieve the MDGs and ensure a world free of poverty and hunger.
The Kick Out Poverty Campaign has helped to give a voice to the marginalized and promote the peoples’ movement for the MDGs across Africa, through partnerships and public activities. These events have included alternative football matches, road shows and community concerts where local leaders -- including politicians, teachers and religious leaders -- have articulated campaign demands and affirmed their commitments to the achievement of MDGs.
The Kick Out Poverty Campaign has enjoyed the international endorsement of it’s message‘Take Action for the Accelerated Achievement of the MDGs’ by world-class football players who believe in making a difference. Soccer superstar and USA defender Oguchi Onyewu is one of the players calling on governments to achieve the MDGs and ensure a world free of poverty and hunger.
