About Us1.4 billion people on our planet live in extreme poverty. The Global Poverty Project's mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of people taking action to see an end to extreme poverty. MediaMedia enquiries please contact media@globalpovertyproject.com
2011 | 19 March 2011 The Game Changers - The Australian 10 March 2011 Girl Talk: The Purse Project - Girl with a Satchel The Purse Project Interview - Channel 7's Morning Show Purse Project Interview with Julie Cowdroy - ABC News 24 Can't forget this purse - MX Sydney The Purse Project brings together seven charities to celebrate 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day - The Street Corner 16 February 2011 Smokey Mountain - The Perspectivist 26 January 2011 Simon McKeon named Australian of the Year for 2011 - Herald Sun Simon McKeon wins Australian of the Year - Business Spectator Australian of the Year Simon McKeon shows business and philanthropy can go hand in hand - The Australian Simon McKeon named Australian of the Year - SBS World News 'Big business should share its profits and expertise to help the poor and Aborigines' - Mudgee Guardian Bank on a good-hearted guy - The Mercury Australians of the Year announced - The Weekly Times Australian Simon McKeon shows the way for philanthropy - India Vision 25 January 2011Simon McKeon named 2011 Australian of the Year - The Age Simon McKeon Australian of the Year - WA Today Simon McKeon named 2011 Australian of the Year - Sydney Morning Herald Simon McKeon Australian of the Year - ABC News Simon McKeon Australian of the Year - Sky News Simon McKeon named 2011 Australian of the Year - Brisbane Times Simon McKeon named 2011 Australian of the Year - Newcastle Herald Philanthropist Simon McKeon named Australian of the Year - Perth Now Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Simon McKeon Named Australian of the Year - Business Review Australia Corporates can do more: Australian of Year - Ninemsn.com Australian of the Year, 'Corporates can do More' - The Epoch Times 3 January 2011Redefining the Role of Amercia's Sweetheart - The Huffington Post
2010 | Back to top 17 December 2010 Students join the global poverty struggle - Mildura Weekly 9 December 2010 Poverty for learning - The Latrobe Valley Express 15 November 2010 Banker is Vic Australian of the Year - The Age Simon McKeon named 2011 Australian of the Year for Victoria - The Herald Sun Campaigner giving talk on global poverty - The Oamaru Mail 14 October 2010 Selfless Aussie Youths make Positive Change in the Lives of Strangers - Hills Shire Times 12 October 2010 Poverty Pornography - The Drum Unleashed 4 October 2010 Actors Lend Support to Global Charities - Wall Street Journal 13 September 2010 Australia told to give more foreign aid - Asia Pulse 10 September 2010 Give more aid, Australia told - Radio Australia (ABC) 19 August 2010 Stop poverty at family day - Bath Chronicle 18 August 2010 Life below poverty line - The Southern Star 11 August 2010 Two-dollar diet trial - Redcliffe Bayside Herald Join the breadline, no snacks allowed - South East Advertiser Celeb joins poverty fight - Northern District Times 10 August 2010 Draw line under poverty - Penrith Press 9 August 2010 Lentil as anything for a whole week - Frankston Standard/Hastings Leader 4 August 2010 Cheap eats - Melbourne Times Eating cheap - Hills & Valley Messenger 3 August 2010 Toorak teen joins the 1.4bn - Stonnington Leader Starving time ahead - Blacktown Sun Students vow to live below the international poverty line of $2 a day for charity - Brimbank Leader $2 diet a challenge to stomach - Shepparton News 2 August 2010 The Grill Team interviews Hugh Jackman - Triple M (Sydney) The Aussie Posse - The Huffington Post Luke joins five-day poverty campaign - Peninsula News 31 July 2010 Hungry for $2 food challenge - Tweed Daily News What can we get to eat? Just toss a coin - Bendigo Advertiser 30 July 2010 Noni Hazlehurst interviews Rich Fleming - ABC 774 Bottom Line on Poverty - MX Brisbane Taste of Poverty - Murray Pioneer Live on $2 a day - Esperance Express 29 July 2010 Teens try living below the poverty line - Northern Rivers Echo Living on $2 a day: Sam's quest to spend under poverty line - Tweed Mail Action needed - and fast - Penrith City Star Battling poverty's all the fashion - Mercury (Hobart) 28 July 2010 Cheap eats for a cause - Leader Messenger 27 July 2010 Adam will try and live on $2 a day, as millions must - Eastern Suburbs Reporter 26 July 2010 Participant Jenna Cowie interview - Limestone Coast Mornings on ABC South East SA Coffee gets flick - in a good cause - Mordialloc Chelsea Leader 24 July 2010 Lyndall takes ultimate MasterChef Challenge - Blacktown Advocate 22 July 2010 Raising poverty awareness - Border Watch (Mt Gambier) 21 July 2010 Set to test out poverty - Great Lakes Advocate Making a difference with $2 - Manningham Leader 16 July 2010 Gabrielle sets sights on highlighting world poverty - Southern Highland News Trying times for Poor - Weekend Courier (Rockingham) 13 July 2010 Putting his life below poverty line - Progress Leader 9 July 2010 Cheap diet a poor lesson - MX 7 July 2010 Jess to live on $2 a day - Riverine Herald 6 July 2010 Living on $2 a day - St George & Sutherland Shire Leader 5 July 2010 Region's Bright Mind - Latrobe Valley Express 2 July 2010 Column - Live Green before you vote it 30 June 2010 The $2 a day poverty-line diet 2 December 2009 Join former young Australian of the Year Hugh Evans' fight against poverty - The Daily Telegraph
2009 | Back to top 17 July 2009 Global Poverty Project visits Google Sydney 15 July 2009 Bike rider pedals poverty message - The Northern Star 7 July 2009 Australian made campaign urges global action on poverty - ABC Radio Australia 2 July 2009 Hugh Evans on 9am with David and Kim on Channel Ten - Channel 10 Network Hugh Jackman goes to UN to join fight against poverty - Herald Sun Australian Group Tackles Global Poverty - World News Australia (SBS) 1 July 2009 The woman who inspires Hugh - Australian Women's Weekly Gen Y-not tackles world poverty Australia to launch anti-poverty push
2008 | Back to top 2 October 2008 Wall Street and Global Poverty - Opinion Piece 29 September 2008 US bailout no excuse for sellout - by Hugh Evans - Herald Sun 25 September 2008 Launch of Global Poverty Project at UN 22 September 2008 Young Aussie to Catapult Extreme Poverty onto Political Agenda 19 September 2008 Global Poverty Project Launched in PNG 17 September 2008 Young and ready to change world - The Australian |
This project is inspiring.  Hugh Jackman
Australian actor and Global Advisory Panel Member. Contact the teamClick here to contact The Global Poverty Project Team.
We're impressed particularly by the very practical approach towards mobilising communities and policy makers around the world so that they can take practical and measureable steps to combat poverty. Achmat Dangor,
CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation
We strongly support this initiative. Salil Shetty,
Director, United Nations Millennium Campaign |
