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I am deeply concerned about the impact of poverty on children because poverty can destroy their future and bind them to a life of misery.

I can't eradicate poverty, but at least for the people around me, I can help make sure no child is denied a dream.

You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

The real solution is to improve the incomes of the poor and provide their children with decent education.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

It is simply not credible to tackle child poverty without acknowledging the worst issue - a lack of money.

We do nothing for children between the ages of zero and five. And we seem to be quite happy to have children growing up in not just poverty, which wouldn't be so bad, but isolation, lack of people around them, lack of support, lack of ability to go out and play in the dirt.

You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money.

The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.