You Can Change The World

Bill Clinton
Former president of the United States
Through the Clinton Global Initiative, 1,000 commitments made by all kinds of people are improving 200 million lives in 150 countries—in health, education, economic empowerment, reconciliation and climate change. Imagine the impact of all of us, regardless of income, skills or time availability, making a commitment like that, in our communities or in a distant land. So the most important thing you can and should do is: Something. Something you care about.

I especially favor any action to accelerate our path to a clean, efficient, independent-energy future. Even if you're just changing the light bulbs, improving insulation or driving a higher-mileage car, you're moving us toward more jobs, lower costs, improved health, stronger national security and victory over global warming.

Want to take action? Go to MyCommitment.org

Bill Gates
Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Immunizing children is one of the best investments we can make. Vaccines for preventable diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and measles have protected close to 40 million children in developing countries so far this decade. Scientists are working on pneumonia and rotavirus vaccines that will be a huge step forward in keeping children healthy. Vaccines work. They have helped to reduce child deaths from 20 million per year in 1960 to roughly 10 million last year. We must continue to innovate vaccine science and strategy, and continue to deliver vaccines to every corner of the world, so all kids can live healthy and productive lives.

Want to take action? Go to gavialliance.org

Mia Farrow
UNICEF goodwill ambassador
The United Nations was conceived out of the highest aspirations of the international community to address "barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind." Yet 60 years later, and an incomprehensible six years into the Darfur genocide, defenseless populations continue to perish at the hands of their own governments.

We need a better U.N. It is past time for the world to call upon the U.N. to establish a system for predicting and preventing mass atrocities. Regardless of the composition of the Security Council or the objections of the perpetrators, the nations of the world have a responsibility to protect defenseless civilians by whatever means necessary. This obligation supersedes protestations of national sovereignty and is the very heart of the concept of the United Nations.

Want to take action? Go to MiaFarrow.org