SDG 1: No Poverty

Aug 3

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How is Boston tracking toward SDG 1: No Poverty?

Advocate with Promise the Children : a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that “advocate for the funding of public and private programs that support US children and their families who earn low wages.”
Become a mentor with Friends of the Children Boston : a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that is part of a national effort to places supportive mentors with children that face tough challenges and poverty.
Volunteer with Cradles to Crayons Boston : a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that is “driven by a focused and all important goal: to make life better for children in need.”

See how Unicef works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
Advocate with CARE, an organization that works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice.
Take action with The Children's Defense Fund, which champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty; protect them from abuse and neglect; and ensure their access to health care, quality education and a moral and spiritual foundation.
Get to know Save the Children, an organization that works in over 100 countries helping the most vulnerable, hardest-to-reach children through pioneering health, education and protection programs.

"An act to lift kids out of deep poverty” https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/HD507

ABCD Boston is a member of the federal Community Action Network, which helps with a variety of needs for economically disadvantaged people in the Boston Area.
Tech Goes Home provides basic technology education as physical technology (free internet for 12 months, Chromebooks) to disadvantaged families and individuals in the Boston Area.

“An act relative to raising the minimum wage closer to a living wage in the Commonwealth” https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/SD2032

YearUp provides pre-professional job training for young adults who, due to economic challenges, would not otherwise have access to job-specific training opportunities
RESULTS is a national non-profit volunteer-run advocacy organization that advocates for anti-poverty legislation across the nation.
See how the global movement ONE is campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030.

Join the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley on their '“Moving Families Out of Poverty” initiative. Together the United Way helps fund and guide several local organizations in helping families escape poverty.
Give more opportunities to women and children by donating or volunteering with Project Hope Boston a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit “at the forefront of efforts in Boston to move families up and out of poverty.” Project Hope provides low-income women with children access to education, jobs, housing, and emergency services; fosters their personal transformation; and work for broader systems change.

“An act relative to tax relief for low income seniors” https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/SD1606

Make a difference through Kiva, an international nonprofit expanding financial access to help underserved communities thrive.
See how the global movement ONE is campaigning to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030.
Volunteer for Oxfam America, a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty.

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