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Make Poverty History Nigeria MPH Nigeria is an open coalition of Nigerian based organizations that work together to eradicate global poverty and assist in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG's).

It is a global alliance member of the Make Poverty History network founded in UK 2005, campaigning the eradication of Extreme Poverty by facilitating and fostering the fulfillment of the MDGs. A strategic coalition member of GCAP Nigeria campaigning locally to see a Nigeria where poverty, hunger and preventable diseases are eradicated in a sustainable way.

Overview
Make Poverty History Nigeria initially slated to be a year long awareness campaign, rapidly grew into a national anti-poverty coalition. The campaign built its initial momentum in schools before expanding outwards. The campaign was launched as a coalition at an 'Initiation Campaign and Conference' in Lagos October 2007, and was officially registered in April 2008. The campaign formation was instrumented by Joseph Peters and mobilized tens of thousands people in support of its goals, ran national awareness ad campaigns and advocated for its goals. It operates as a network of NGOs, FBOs, CBOs, CSOs for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), the largest anti-poverty coalition in the world.

At the 'Initiation Campaign and Conference', MPH Nigeria aligned itself to GCAP and its goals, and since then effectively operated as MDGs campaign and a development organisation with a consultative status with United Nations Millenium Campaign (UNMC). Make Poverty History Nigeria is currently studying the possibility of extending the MDGs campaign beyond 2015 based on the outcomes of the UN HLM on MDG in 2010. It is called MDGs Plus 2015 Beyond

Demands
Make Poverty History Nigeria is committed to:
 * Raising awareness on key global issues like Extreme Poverty, Hunger, Disease and Education.
 * Mobilizing the public on key global dates in support of these issues.
 * Assisting in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
 * Promoting volunteerism amongst the citizens of Nigeria and Africa at large

At a global level the coalition seconds the demands of The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, its parent campaign.

Excerpts from GCAP's Beirut Declaration:

There is great diversity among our group, but we know that we will be more effective when we work together. We do not endeavour to reach absolute agreement on detailed policy, but we want to pressure governments to eradicate poverty, dramatically lessen inequality, and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The demands:


 * Public accountability, just governance and the fulfillment of human rights
 * Trade justice
 * A major increase in the quantity and quality of aid and financing for development
 * Debt cancellation

National Campaign Coalitions
Make Poverty History Nigeria is one of the national arm of The Global Call to Action Against Poverty or GCAP. GCAP has national coalitions working in over a hundred countries, a few of which are listed below, for a detailed list please see


 * The Global Campaign - Global Call to Action Against Poverty
 * 2005: plus d’excuses - France
 * Deine Stimme Gegen Armut - Germany
 * Hottokenai, Sekai no Mazushisa - Japan
 * Make Poverty History - Australia
 * Make Poverty History - Canada
 * Make Poverty History - Ireland
 * Make Poverty History - Emirates (UAE)
 * Make Poverty History - United Kingdom
 * Make Poverty History - Nigeria
 * The ONE Campaign - Singapore
 * ONE Campaign - USA
 * SANGOCO - South Africa
 * Wada Na Todo - India
 * No More Excuses - Philippines