The Big Promise

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World leaders have made numerous promises. But they are letting us down. They promised to get all children into school. To improve healthcare for mothers. To ensure all HIV positive people to have access to treatment and care. Promises are not made to be broken. Not when the lives of millions depend upon them being kept.

Now, more than ever, we need world leaders to keep these promises. The economic downturn will hit the poorest hardest. So let's stop side-stepping commitments and breaking promises. Instead let's talk about helping out, face up to our responsibilities and ensure a brighter fairer future. For people everywhere.

The Big Promise is about challenging world leaders to keep their promises. Rally round. Set an example. Appeal to decision-makers to make good on the commitments they set out not so long ago. Let's show them how to make a promise and keep it.

Your promise doesn't have to be big or daunting - just something you can keep. Something to raise a smile. And raise a voice. Do something a bit different; send a pledge from the edge. From more tea to a handstand a day, make a promise. Say it. Do it. Keep it. Share it with your friends. And show world leaders how it is done.