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Let's beat the real recession - poverty
Isn't it time for a change
The financial crisis is showing us what people in poor countries have known for years: the international economic system doesn't work. We need a new system — one which puts people first.
Sign this e-petition to make sure Gordon Brown puts poor people at the heart of the new economic system. After all, they're the real experts in poverty.
In the slums of Chittagong, Bangladesh...
...teenager Baby Akhter knows all too well how to deal with an economic slump. Her family are cutting back on food — "as rice costs have risen so my mother stays without eating most of the time". The family has already sold everything they can.
Recession-beating recipe
As told to ActionAid by Mary Ngoleyang
(left), Kenya.
This recipe uses Loma berries.
Yes, they're poisonous. But they're also free, which makes all the difference when your food bill has gone up by 100%.
1. Take a whole day to pick Loma berries
2. Spend two days preparing and cooking them.
Remember to spend at least 12 hours boiling them to get rid of the poison
(or you and your children could die)
3. Eat. Then start again.
Hey — it's a lot of effort for one family meal. but when times are tight...
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