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Date: 2009-06-03 04:03:33
Making Mzansi Better No. 21 2009
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| The Global Call to Action against Poverty | |
| Wednesday, 03 June 2009 | |
 The Global Call to Action against Poverty and Inequality is a worldwide alliance of over 100 national coalitions/platforms made of social movements, women’s organisations, faith groups, trade unions, community groups, youth organizations and individuals working to tackle poverty and inequality in their countries and around the world. GCAP has grown into the largest ever anti-poverty movement: 150 million people, in rich and poor countries, now support us. GCAP supporters are united by their use of the white band. The white band is the symbol that people, towns and cities all over the world can adopt to highlight the injustice of global poverty and inequality. GCAP-South Africa members include the South African Council of Churches (SACC) , Black Sash , Studies in Poverty & Inequality Institute (SPII) , South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) , and the National Welfare Forum (NWF) In South Africa, we want to engage citizens, organisations, and government in dialogue and action to deliver the Constitutional rights to freedom from poverty and inequality and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. We want to work together, as a nation to build a fair and just society for all people in Mzansi. GCAP-SA calls on the government to:
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