#locusteffect

[notafraidofyourdark]

Everyday

Can watching a video change the lives of the world’s 4 billion poorest? Maybe not, but it’s a start. WATCH: http://bit.ly/TLEveryday

[sofsocialgood]

Those of us who have won the lottery of birth can help spread opportunity and join the growing movement to eradicate global poverty. International Justice Mission's #LocustEffect reminds us that compassion comes in many different forms. 

[sofsocialgood]

The Locust Effect, a new book from Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros, exposes the plague of everyday violence laying waste to the developing world and undermining development.

[sofsocialgood]

International Justice Mission's Gary A. Haugen introduces his new book The Locust Effect today.

[nathanschock]

Buy the book this week (Feb 2-8) and a generous donor will give IJM $20 (up to $40,000) to help fund the fight violence against the poor.

[nathanschock]

...the locusts of lawless violence have been allowed to swarm unabated in the developing world and they are laying waste to the hope of the poor.

Gary Haugen, The Locust Effect

[danieldececco]

FAR BELOW THE HEADLINES, A PLAGUE OF HIDDEN, EVERYDAY VIOLENCE — INCLUDING RAPE, TRAFFICKING, AND POLICE BRUTALITY — IS DEVASTATING THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND UNDERMINING OUR EFFORTS TO END POVERTY. New book by Gary Haugen to be released in February 2014, exploring the reality of violence and its negative affect on the fight against poverty.