Clea Guy-Allen

Culture 15 July 2020 12:00PM UTC | By: Clea Guy-Allen Join Join the fight against extreme poverty In 2005, Nelson Mandela gave his famous speech at the Make Poverty History rally in London’s Trafalgar Square, and called on world leaders to make poverty history. Mandela Day 2017 Remember Nelson Mandela today and every day.

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Australia, commonly known as "the lucky country," has such an abundance of food that the nation exports over half of all produce. And yet, there are millions of Australians who go hungry every day. More than 3 million Australians — including 1 in 5 children — have been "food insecure" in the last 12 months, a national report from Australia’s largest hunger relief organisation, Foodbank, revealed.