The New Penguin English Dictionary, 2001 edition, defines the word “poverty” as: the lack of sufficient money or material possessions for a life of moderate comfort. more Three weeks prior to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, and just two weeks before the Live8 concerts, GCAP “turned up the volume” with the Day of the African Child. more As we pass the midway point in the first decade of the 21st Century, more than a billion people are gripped in poverty of the first order.   more n 1970, 22 of the world’s richest countries pledged to spend 0.7% of their national income on aid. Now, over 3 decades later, only 5 countries have kept that promise. more The symbol of this international campaign is a simple White Band. It can be worn around the wrist, your arm – in fact anywhere you’d like, as long as it can be seen by everyone! more View invitation to the People's Summit Against Poverty. more