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Tell the White House to Make Aid Work!

Over a billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty, struggling to survive on around $1 a day or less. The majority - 829 million - are women. This is a problem that affects all of humanity - when women are poor, entire communities suffer because they are not free to earn an income, feed their families, or protect themselves and their children from violence.

U.S. international assistance has the potential to be a major force for good - in fact, when done right, it has eradicated entire diseases, alleviated poverty, and sent countless girls to school. The problem? Our foreign assistance system is outdated and designed in a way that prevents us from reaching these achievable goals. This is bad news for women struggling to escape poverty: they cannot benefit from resources that would dramatically change their families' lives.

Right now, President Obama and his senior advisors are debating the future of U.S. efforts to alleviate poverty, fight disease, and create economic opportunity for the world’s poorest people.

National Security Advisor James Jones and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers are urgently preparing recommendations for how the whole U.S. government should do development in the 21st century. Their recommendations could determine the future of U.S. foreign assistance.

Women Thrive Worldwide is partnering with the ONE Campaign, Bread for the World, Publish What You Fund, Save the Children, RESULTS, Mercy Corps, American Jewish World Service, Oxfam, CARE and the entire development community to create the first ever petition asking the White House to make a strong statement about America’s commitment to development. We're delivering the petition and signatures to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - help us by signing this petition!

Sign the petition today: Tell the President and his team to make aid work for those who need it!

Dear President Obama,

I strongly support U.S. foreign assistance efforts that alleviate poverty, fight disease, and create opportunity in developing countries. 

As General James Jones and Dr. Lawrence Summers prepare recommendations on how to deliver on President Obama’s promise to ensure that development is “established and endures as a key pillar of U.S. foreign policy,” I ask for action on one key issue:  

Create a U.S. global development strategy that gives development a strong voice in foreign policy decisions and coordinates our efforts to alleviate global poverty, fight disease, and create economic opportunity.

Addressing this issue quickly will strengthen ongoing efforts across the U.S. government to make foreign assistance more effective and accountable.

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0-25 of 851 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location
851	March 28, 2010	Anonymous	Zamora
850	March 03, 2010	Olivet Brown	Philadelphia, PA
849	February 23, 2010	Karen Roeper	Muir Beach, CA
848	February 18, 2010	Victoria Bommarito	San Jose, CA
847	February 18, 2010	Jennifer Hughes	Port Chester, NY
846	February 17, 2010	lucilla mancini	florence
845	February 08, 2010	Rev Joyce Dugger	brooklyn, NY
844	January 25, 2010	lonna richmond	muir beach, CA
843	January 23, 2010	Joan Bartos	Napa, CA
842	January 23, 2010	Joan Bartos	Napa, CA
841	January 22, 2010	L Gols	natick, MA
840	January 22, 2010	L Gols	natick, MA
839	January 19, 2010		,
838	January 11, 2010	Cynthia Huntimer	San Antonio, TX
837	January 06, 2010	jennifer hall	portland, OR
836	January 05, 2010	NOEMI CHIAPALE	dian marina
835	January 04, 2010	Sunita Basnet	Chittagong
834	January 03, 2010	bernardo alayza mujica	Lima
833	January 02, 2010	Noreen Stoefen	Sioux Falls, SD
832	January 02, 2010	Ellen Smith	Boulde, CO
831	January 02, 2010	Rut Byington	Flushing, NY
830	January 02, 2010	Nancy Cairns-Pietrangelo	Carlsbad, CA
829	January 02, 2010	Jenny Pascal	Bellevue, WA
828	January 01, 2010	Loren Lomme 17937 Narsitin Ln.	Pflugerville, TX
827	December 30, 2009	Starla Davis	Great Falls, MT

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