Watch the 2009 DATA Report kick-off event live in London


Jun 11th, 2009 5:18 AM EST
By Aaron Banks

The 2009 edition of the DATA Report, ONE’s annual assessment of the G8’s progress on their commitments to global development, isĀ  launching this morning in London at a special kick-off event featuring Bill Gates, co-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bob Geldof, anti-poverty activist and ONE principal, Dr Francoise Ndayishimiye, of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; Arunma Oteh, of the African Development Bank, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Visit the DATA Report website to watch the event live beginning at 10:30a.m. GMT.

-Aaron Banks

TAGS: DATA Report, DATA Report 2009, G8, ONE, Policy News

 

  1. JOEJOEsays: Jun 11th, 2009 10:41 AM EST

    June 11, 2009 at 10:41 am

    I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CARE FOR THE HUNGRY PEOPLE BECVAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE HELP US IF WE NEEDED THEM

  2. JOEJOEsays: Jun 11th, 2009 10:43 AM EST

    June 11, 2009 at 10:43 am

    WE ARE NOT IN SLAVERY ANY MORE SO PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE HUNGRY THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THAT KIND OF SITION

  3. Debbie Kreusersays: Jun 11th, 2009 11:02 AM EST

    June 11, 2009 at 11:02 am

    GOD BLESS YOU, JOE….but I think that He already has. :)

    Thanks for your short yet eloquent statements. They brought a smile to my face. I bet the Rev. Tutu & Mr. Geldof are smiling somewhere too at your lovely statements of support for what this movement is trying to accomplish around the world.

    I only wish that I could shake your hand.

    ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie :)

  4. dawnsays: Jun 11th, 2009 3:29 PM EST

    June 11, 2009 at 3:29 pm

    God bless you

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