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We all have moments that inspired us in a life changing way. This is the story of how a little old lady and her orange tigers ignited my passion for fairer trade.

You see a picture, of a girl in tattered clothes, sitting cross-legged on a dusty floor, gazing up at you with large eyes that seem to exude the suffering of her family and people. How do you choose to see her?

Poverty Alleviation is a common enough term that momentarily stirs up feelings of passion, but often gets thrown over someone’s shoulder when they realize how ambiguous and fluffy it sounds to want to help poor people around the world. I often ask myself (Monica Lackman) “What is it I can actually do to help people living in poverty a few 1,000 miles away? Can anything be done?” Can I, me, the person reading this blog do anything to put my fuzzy altruism to practical use? Well, the answer is yes! And this blog post is going to give you a more tangible impression of how you can involve yourself in alleviating global poverty.