The year started with the unprecedented sum of 370m for victimsof the Asian tsunami. When Make Poverty History was supplemented by Live8, the "cure" for poverty was established as needing political action,and young people appeared to have been enrolled in a highly focused andthemed campaign.
Our end-of-year research also revealed that 81 per cent of 11- to16-year-olds helped their school raise money for outside causes and thenumber intending to be long-term charitable givers rose six per centfrom 2002.
One remarkable finding of our research in May was that all the youngpeople surveyed said that they know someone who had visited the areaaffected by the tsunami.
Can I perhaps urge those who work with young people to keep joining thedots around these issues for them? We will build a more resilient, justand inclusive world when we as global citizens can see the connectionsbetween our personal and political decisions.
Andy Thornton, director, Giving Nation.
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