“I firmly believe that we can create a poverty-free world if we collectively believe in it.”
- Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Special thanks to the people below for helping to inspire and nurture Dollars for change through its creation:

Rocky, Mac, and Marietjie of Willing Workers in South Africa - http://www.wwisa.co.za

Aidan, Ola, Loren and James of Wild Tongue Backpackers

All the folks at Bulungula - www.bulungula.com

Anne and Peter Verrill of The Foreside Tavern - www.theforesidetavern.com

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The following links served as sources for the statistics you have seen on this site. Please visit them for further information on world poverty:

http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/involved/action07

http://www.unaids.org/bangkok2004/GAR2004_html/
GAR2004_10_en.htm#P1227_268579

The November/December 2006 issue of Contribute Magazine www.contributemedia.com/index.htm

The End of Povertyby Jeffrey Sachs - www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/endofpoverty/