How to do
right by the world’s poor?
By Eric
Stradford, U.S. Marine Corps, Retired
AMWS, October 1, 2024, Atlanta –
According to the United Nations, nearly half of the world’s population lives in
poverty, with over 800 million people in extreme poverty. Extreme poverty is defined as surviving on
less than $1.25 a day. The goal of the
U.N. and its partners is to eradicate poverty everywhere by 2030, as part of
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The United States of America is one of
193 member states of the U.N. today.
Howard Buffett, 69 is Warren Buffett’s son. According to Fortune
Magazine, Howard will be trusted with his dad’s $144 billion fortune. He says its ‘not so easy to give away money’
if you want to do it right. Original
trustees for Buffet’s
68 billion trust might agree. I
believe Howard is wrong. On any given
day, any two of 2.4 billion followers might simply draw on the endowment, “all
things are possible.” I am one of
them.
Community
Reinvestment is as easy as declaring #NoPoverty2030
#MissionPossible in the name of #BlackJesus if
y’all ain’t scared. It requires
believing in the mission, speaking (or writing the vision) and putting a plan
in action. In other words, what are you
going to do about it? So, what is it
that frightens Warren, Donald, Diddy, and the top two-percent account holders
of the world’s Money-n-the-Bank? Debt Forgiveness!
As Americans count the days to vote
for the next U.S. president, the current president, is also one of 2.4 billion
followers of Jesus The Christ through whom ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. President Joe Biden is pressed to make good on
a campaign promise for Healing
The Soul of America. On October
13-15, President Biden was to meet with President João Lourenço of Angola. The rescheduled mission, now set for after the U.S. elections has no clear agenda other than signaling a shift in succession as usual. If it happens, it will be the 46th president’s first
visit to Sub-Saharan Africa since taking office.
Candidate Donald Trump did not travel to Africa. Vice President Kamala Harris has already
visited Sub-Saharan Africa and pledged $100
million during a week-long three nation tour.
An Invitation to One Nation Under God
Generation Alpha is the term used to describe the generation
of people born (or who will be born) between 2010 and 2025. They are the
demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. They are the first generation born
entirely in the 21st century and the third millennium.
Their parents are mostly Millennials, and their older
siblings are Gen Zs. These tech-savvy digital natives and are already proving
themselves worthy of global investment.
They are the bridge between dreaming the impossible and getting things
done.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, two or more Generation Alpha believers
are on a mission to engage 2.4 billion followers in declaring UNSDG Goal 1 of
17, #NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible. The
United Nations believes $3.3-4.5
trillion USD per year is needed to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). A bottoms-up needs
assessment might support the belief, "Ending poverty is not a gesture of
charity, but an act of justice."
The President of the United States is Commander-in-Chief of
the U.S. Armed Forces. On his way to
Africa, President Biden is invited to partner with Generation Alpha Secret
Millionaires. As such, a sole source defense
contract through AFRICOM might signal immediate support for declaring #NoPoverty2030
#MissionPossible.
Mr. Buffett or any responsible citizen might simply invest $1
to $144 billion in the established crowd-funding
campaign.
An Invitation To #InGodWeTrust
#BlackJesus
is a faith-based spiritual value common to a family of Free Africans. The
spirit of the original Free African Society, an American Value or (Common Vision), is
undervalued in the U.S. Federal Debt
as Stolen Peoples’ Equity.
The number of Christians around the world has nearly
quadrupled in the last 100 years, from about 600 million in 1910 to more than 2
billion in 2010. But the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly,
from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in 2010. As a result,
Christians make up about the same portion of the world’s population today (32%)
as they did a century ago (35%). Debt-forgiveness
and caring for the poor are among the key deliverables in a single command to “love
one another.”
534
million of the 1.1 billion poor people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. In
contrast to the Middle East, religion is not so much a source of conflict as a
source of hope. Religious leaders and movements are a major force in civil
society and a key provider of relief and development for the needy,
particularly given the widespread reality of failed states and collapsing government
services. The number of Muslims living between the Sahara Desert and the Cape
of Good Hope has increased more than 20-fold, rising from an estimated 11
million in 1900 to approximately 234 million in 2010. The number of Christians
has grown even faster, soaring almost 70-fold from about 7 million to 470
million. Sub-Saharan Africa now is home to about one-in-five of all the
Christians in the world (21%) and more than one-in-seven of the world’s Muslims
(15%). Depending on an institution’s
religious doctrine, a vast majority of Free Africans, be they Christian or
Muslim, relate or are related to God living within them. Translation of the word FAITH to some 2100 indigenous
languages begins to measure the loss due to European colonization.
But, if there is a will, there is a way.
World
Bank Trust Funds
Consultative
Group to Assist the Poor
Healing
The Soul of America – The Biden Administration negotiated a strategy with
the U.S. Congress concerning an increase in the U.S. debt ceiling. The two branches agreed to decide later. This
action demonstrates the aphorism, Time is Money
as an historic American value.
United
States Africa Command (africom.mil) General Langley briefs
U.S. Congress on Whole of Government Security. The concept is perhaps more realistic from an
African perspective rather than American.
General
Langley’s “Learning Journey” may
have revealed a path toward healing America’s soul and securing world peace.
Veterans |
TheEnterpriZe – TheEnterpriZe LLC is an SBA Certified Veteran-owned Small
Business It seeks to sustain a 1985-day mission (January 1, 2025-June 9, 2030) to
engage faith and government partners in declaring #NoPoverty2030
#MissionPossible.
Youth Achievers USA
Institute (youthusa.net) – Qualifies Gen Alpha “believers” as Secret Millionaires
committed to “Cheerful Giving” to achieve #NoPoverty2030.
Free African Society (FAS2) – The YouthUSA
grant-making strategy develops FAITH FAMILY TRUSTS as the sustaining foundation
for a youth-led joint venture.
Since World War II, the US has provided more foreign aid to
Israel than to any other country. Israel received the second-largest amount of
US aid in 2022 after Ukraine, where the US committed $12.4 billion. The two
countries received 4.8% and 18.1%, respectively, of all foreign aid granted
that year.
A $1 billion commitment to Ubuntu development would signal a shift in America’s
foreign policy priorities from war to peace.
Components for a replicable 5-year $100-m Whole of Government
Security demonstration begins with a sole-source federal contract to a U.S. SBA
certified veteran-owned small business for small trust development.
A total of 10 FAITH FAMILY TRUSTS over a 5-year timeline
models intergenerational capacity building across Sub-Saharan Africa. Each of 10 FAITH FAMILY TRUST translates the
word FAITH into an indigenous African language.
IMMEDIATE ACTION: President Joe Biden’s Staff for Africa Mission – Declare
#NoPoverty2030 #MissionPossible in the name of #BlackJesus.
Timeline: #ThePentecostProject
Countdown to #NoPoverty2030 TODAY – Pentecost Sunday June 9, 2030
·
Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires
·
Remnant
of the Historic Black Church in America (HBCUs)
·
World
Bank Black Jesus Card or Charity Charge
·
World Bank Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
·
General Michael Langley,
AFRICOM
·
Lesotho
FAITH FAMILY TRUST (Sesotho - Tumelo)
·
Cote
D’Ivoire FAITH FAMILY TRUST (Baoule - Soulafilai)
·
Angola FAITH FAMILY TRUST
·
Ghana FAITH FAMILY TRUST
Managing Unit: GGEVP
VPU: GGEVP
Program Type: Umbrella
Umbrella Program Manager: Tutnjevic, Igor
CGAP
is a global partnership of more than 30 leading development organizations that
works to advance the lives of the poor, especially women, through financial
inclusion. Using action-oriented research, CGAP tests and shares knowledge to
help build inclusive and responsible financial systems. These will enable the
poor to access economic opportunities and essential services. It will help them
build resilience, including in the context of climate change.
CGAP researches and experiments to establish proofs of
concept and extract actionable insights that help partners implement solutions
in the marketplace and take them to scale. By doing so, CGAP hopes to advance
broader development goals and contribute to more prosperous, equal, resilient,
sustainable economies and societies.
