MICAH CHALLENGE CANADA

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• MICAH CHALLENGE CANADA
• Partnering for Advocacy

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Micah 68

• what does the Lord require of you but to do
  justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
  with your God

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What is Micah Challenge Canada?

• Mobilizing Christians against poverty
• Global and local
• Inward-looking deepening Christian commitment to
  work for and with economically poor communities
• Outward-looking urging leaders of rich and poor
  nations to fulfill their public promise to the
  Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

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What are the MDGs?

• 1. Eradicate extreme poverty hunger
• 2. Achieve universal primary education
• 3. Promote gender equality empower women
• 4. Reduce child mortality
• 5. Improve maternal health
• 6. Combat HIV/ AIDS, malaria other diseases
• 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
• 8. Develop a global partnership for development

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The Micah Call

• Unique moment in history
• The stated intentions of world leaders echo
  something of the minds of the Biblical prophets
  and the teachings of Jesus concerning the poor
• We have the means to dramatically reduce poverty
• Commit yourself to the Micah Call (to work
  together to pursue justice on behalf of the poor
  and to call on international decision makers to
  fulfill their promises and so halve poverty by
  2015) at www.micahchallenge.ca

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Partnering for Advocacy

• Partnerships are central to the success of
  campaigns projects
• Partnerships lend large support and endorsement
  to the campaign and give it a LOUDER VOICE
• Partnerships enable the campaign to reach a wider
  audience
• Partnerships increase the resources, tools and
  capabilities of the campaign

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Micah Challenges Partners

• Global Micah Challenge campaigns
• National partners endorsing Micah Challenge
  Canada
• Canadian churches
• Canadian schools/ universities
• Other non profit organizations campaigns
• Government

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Global Micah Challenge Campaigns

• Micah Challenge International
• (World Evangelical Alliance Micah Network)

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39 current country campaigns with more being
established
Australia Bangladesh Belgium Bolivia Canada Colombia DR Congo France Germany Haiti Hong Kong India Indonesia Italy Kenya Malawi Mongolia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Peru Philippines Rwanda Sierra Leone Switzerland Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom Uruguay USA Zambia Zimbabwe Argentina Burkina Faso Burundi Nigeria Dominican Republic El Salvador Ethiopia Japan Mexico
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Northern Govts Aid/ Debt/ Trade Southern Govts Good governance
MDG Success
Northern Churches Relationships Church of Christ Southern Churches
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Cross-border resource sharing (Blow the Whistle
campaign)
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NAE meetings in Washington, DC

• Micah Challenge National Coordinators from around
  the world
• US Evangelical Leaders
• UN Secretary General

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Micah Challenge Canadas National Partners

• Associations Networks
• Canadian Christian Relief Development
  Association
• Canadian Council of Churches
• Canadian Foodgrains Bank
• Canadian Youth Network
• The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada

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Organizations

• ADRA Canada
• African Enterprise Canada
• Canadian Baptist Ministries
• Canadian Food for the Hungry International
• Cause Canada
• Christian Blind Mission
• Christian Childrens Fund of Canada
• Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
• Crossroads Christian Communications
• Diaconal Ministries Canada
• Emmanuel International
• Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada
• Foundation for International Development
  Assistance

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• Habitat for Humanity Canada
• International Teams of Canada
• The Leprosy Mission
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Opportunity International Canada
• The Salvation Army
• SIM Canada
• Visionledd
• WEC International
• World Vision Canada
• Wycliffe Canada
• YWAM Canada

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Canadian Churches

• Growing number of individual churches across
  Canada are becoming active members of Micah
  Challenge Canada and initiating events and
  promotion in their own communities.

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Canadian Schools Universities

• The Micah Centre, Kings University College,
  Edmonton
• Targeting Christian educational institutions is a
  priority

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Other NGOs Campaigns

• Make Poverty History Canada
• C4D The Canadian Coalition for Climate Change
  and Development (partnering with the Food
  Security Policy Group)
• Stand Up Speak Out Oct.17, 2007 (United
  Nations Millennium Campaign)

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Stand Up Video
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Government

• Parliament Hill
• Non-partisan
• Canadian International Development Agency

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Where are we now?

• Halfway to 2015
• Micah Challenge Canada today lessons learned so
  far
• Partnerships are key. Identify partners who
• Can reach new audiences
• Can contribute valuable tools (communication,
  website/ design, policy, church ministry, youth
  appeal, strong voice that is respected among
  Christians and government)

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Conclusion Key Points

• Get involved! Be an ACTIVE CITIZEN!
• Hold your government accountable!
• Be a partner. Lets do this together!

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Micah 68

• what does the Lord require of you but to do
  justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly
  with your God

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• www.micahchallenge.ca