I had a response from Jonathan Shaw, my MP, at the weekend in response to my email from the Save the Children website regarding world poverty and the make poverty history campaign.

I was impressed – I sent a short email written for me by save the children, and the MP has written a three page response and incuded an article from the Guardian.

Basically he says it is important and that, yes, he and the government are trying hard to get other countries on board.

An amazing fact from this that I have learned is: ‘If Africa could raise its share of world exports by just 1% this would be worth 5 times as much as it currently receives in aid‘. So much could be done by making world trade a fairer and more just system.

Seperatly, it has been excellent this week seeing Gordon Brown speaking out regarding poverty.

‘WE can no longer enjoy the benefits of living in a globalised world and ignore the lives of those by whose labour we benefit. We can no longer pretend that commerce can be globalised but justice need not‘

Douglas Alexander MP, Minister for trade, investement and foreign affairs.

I know I have blogged a bit about this now. One person has complained that I am becoming single voiced and I am always talking about world poverty. As I said to this person, I will not apologise for that. I think it is important. 30 000 children have needlessly died today. Roughly, 15 of those children died while you read this post.