Leprosy Mission New Zealand is a member of Micah Challenge, a global campaign to mobilise Christians against poverty.
The campaign aims to deepen Christian engagement with impoverished and marginalised communities, and to influence leaders of rich and poor nations to fulfil their promise to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Goals, which the United Nations initiated, are an historic response from our world governments. They also require an equally significant response from the worldwide church. We must hold governments to account to ensure they deliver on these promises.
When Micah Challenge was launched at the United Nations building in 2004, the Rt Revd. Njongonkulu Ndungane, Archbishop of Cape Town, said in his opening address, "The Millennium Development Goals are the most comprehensive and ambitious commitment that the world has ever made to combating the evils of poverty... It is God's challenge to us to be his agents of hope in this hurting world."
Read about the MDG's
10.10.10 Campaign
Micah 2010 is a special campaign to focus on our promise to the poor, ten years after nations around the world committed to halve global poverty by 2015.
Micah Challenge has prepared a variety of resources to enable Christians around the globe to mark the 10.10.10 day. You can find out more on their website.
