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• "Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some
  of  yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine." - Ray Charles

1. Start a website to inform people about poverty. You can use geocities.com, tripod.com, or any other place to host your site. Maybe your friend has a website and can host yours!
2. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity.
3. Donate food, clothes, money. You can donate to the Salvation Army.
4. Start a canned food drive.
5. Start a club in your school. You and members can talk about the importance of poverty and create actions and take them!
6. Write to the government. You can write to the Mayor or Senator of your town/city/state, the President, or any other ruler of your country. Tell them why you think poverty is an important issue, how it can be stopped, and why we need their help.
7. Add the Make Poverty History banner to your website. <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/whiteband_small_right.js"> </script><noscript> <a href="http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/"> http://www.makepovertyhistory.org</a></noscript> You can customize it by changing "left" to "right" and/or "big" to "small".
8. Buy a white band to raise awareness. The bands are like the Lance Armstrong LiveStrong bracelets, made of silicon. You can order bands at WhiteBand.org or for the UK at World Development Movement.

Remember that all these actions will take time and effort. The more you take them and the more people you get involved, the more you help reduce poverty.