Micah Challenge Zambia has today issued a press release to mark the half time point to halving poverty.
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Saturday 7 July 2007 marks the half time point to halve poverty. In the year 2000, the government of Zambia and 188 other nations made a promise to halve poverty by 2015 through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Micah Challenge Zambia (MCZ) is joining other members of the global Micah Challenge campaign to ‘blow the half-time’ whistle on Saturday, to remind world leaders and the Zambian government of the promises they made when agreeing the MDGs, and to call on Christians in Zambia to stand-up to call for the MDGs to be met.
Lawrence Temfwe, the National Coordinator of MCZ, says:, “The eight MDGs which the 189 heads of state agreed to in 2000, are the most clear-cut and widely accepted set of development priorities the world has ever known that manifest the values of God’s kingdom of peace, righteousness, prosperity and justice. But Saturday (07/07/07) marks the half-way point towards the deadline of meeting the goals, and most of the MDGs are in danger of not being met in Zambia. This Saturday we are blowing the half-time whistle to say ‘we need action now to halve poverty’”.
Christians and churches in Zambia are encouraged to join the Micah Challenge Zambia coalition, which will be officially launched in August.
