Are you the #lifesaver of the century?
Between 2004 and 2009, aid from the European Union helped enrol more than 9 million children in primary education, vaccinate 5.5 million children against measles, and connect more than 31 million people to clean water. All this was achieved with a tiny part of the EU budget.
Yet right now, EU aid is under threat. Europe’s leaders are in the midst of crucial budget negotiations over EU development assistance. Cuts proposed by some leaders to these life-saving programs—which only cost citizens €15 per year—would have a devastating impact on the world’s poorest people.
We need your help to defend aid and help millions of people around the world. Today ONE is calling on everyone to tell EU leaders that they want to continue being a #lifesaver.
This week across some of Europe’s busiest places we’re launching a series of events that will beam the pictures of lifesavers like you onto gigantic jumbotron displays for the world to see!
You can see it for yourself at Victoria station in London, Parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville in Paris and Whashingtonplatz in Berlin.
If you can’t make it in person you can take part online and join our lifesaver campaign, by telling EU leaders you want to continue being a #lifesaver.
You can follow the events online on twitter or on our facebook page.
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11/10/2012 at 2:52 pm
I WANT TO BE A LIFE SAVER WE NEED TO HELP THE WORLD
11/10/2012 at 3:58 pm
For our world with love….be a life saver give from the heart.
12/10/2012 at 4:54 pm
I want to to be a Life Saver for help the world.. I want to give my services to the world from my heart………
12/10/2012 at 8:58 pm
Though I feel for these people and their plight. I am also very aware that there are people who are going to go hungry or/and cold here in the UK and beyond due to the economic crisis, therefore it is about time the countries that have their citizens in poverty and starvation have to to step up and look after themselves. Yes help teach them how to manage, if that is what is wanted/needed by all means, but throwing money at this will not be a solution, just a plaster on the wound.
13/10/2012 at 4:25 pm
I agree with K… I am always willing to help others but like the airline safety demo says sort yourself out first then assist others….Or you’ll end up helpless yourself..