June 2011


Sometimes I can’t believe how poverty and privilege have become such silent neighbors and the world just keeps on going, because it has to. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is an organization that is advocating for change. The UNDP is working in 166 countries to connect, educate, and find solutions to global and national development challenges.

“Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices. The most critical choices are commonly a long and healthy life, acquiring knowledge and enjoying a decent standard of living. Other choices include political freedom, guarantee of human rights and self-respect[1].”

The work of the UNDP is aligned with the Millennium Development Goals (MGD’s) that were established by the World’s Leaders in 2000. The overall mission of these goals is to cut global poverty in half by 2015. In fact, the UNDP plays a vital role in networking and coordinating national efforts to effectively achieve these goals.

Because of their strong influence on a global scale and their many successes towards eliminating poverty, Work For All has become an official partner of UNDP. We are making monthly contributions towards specific UNDP projects and initiatives focused on eliminating systemic poverty.

Melissa Leonard

[1] www.undp.org

Working With Plan Canada

Plan was founded in 1937 and is one of the oldest and largest international development agencies. Each year Plan works with 3.5 million families and their children.

We are and have been making monthly contributions to Plan Canada through their “Sponsor a Child” program. This program focuses on creating hope and opportunities for children born into communities and families trapped by systemic poverty. Contributions provide:

  • Adequate nutrition
  • Water and sanitation
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Family income

Plan directly connects donees with children who are living in these communities. Child sponsorship is unique for its personalized approach; Donees are matched with a child (or with children) who send them personalized updates that show how the contributions are making a difference in their lives.

Melissa Leonard

Investologist Prognostication

Jeremy Leonard

Quote: “A staggering $180-billion will be spent on new oilsands projects over the next decade, according to a recent forecast by Peters & Co., with annual spending expected to peak at $22-billion by 2014.  Even those lofty figures fail to reflect the whole story. Annual spending on oilsands operations and maintenance now exceeds new capital investment, pushing the total current outlay to more than $30-billion a year.  That will only grow in the years ahead, according to a report by the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI). It estimates total oilsands investment at nearly $2.1 trillion over the next 25 years, as global demand for crude ramps up.  Using a “realistic scenario,” CERI estimates that oilsands output will reach 2.1 million barrels per day (b/d) by 2015 and 4.8 million b/d by 2030, up from about 1.7 million b/d currently.” Canadian News Wire

Dear Reader:

I continue to do private deals with my money and shirk the public marketplace.  Since March the Canadian market had dropped about ten percent.  I have been buying a bit more of my Titanstar Properties (TSP-X) when I can get it on the cheap, but that is really a private play that is publicly listed.  (6,000 more shares purchased on June 29th at $0.20 cents, bringing my total number of shares to about 650,000.)  Most of my eggs are in the “we will continue to consume larger and larger quantities of oil” basket, so please call or email me right away if any of you come up with a viable new energy source for planes, trains, and automobiles.