With 1000 days to go until the Millennium Development Goals’ deadline, we hope you’re ready to join us as we launch into the action phase of our Finish the Race campaign.

Below are two ways you can take immediate action with us.

1. Join us in PrayAct – 8 days of prayer for the MDGs

In all our activity, in all our work for change, we are committed to one action that comes before, follows after, and runs as a thread through, all that we do – the ACT of PRAYER. Prayer is action! And it is the most important and powerful action we perform in our fight against poverty and injustice

We have a guide on our website to lead you or your church group in prayer through each goal, highlighting the progress that has been made as well as specific prayer points related to each goal.

Our leaders need to hear our voice, and we need to hear God’s. We hope you will join us.

Click here for more details on the PrayAct campaign and stay tuned for social media updates on facebook and twitter this coming week.

2. Run a Finish the Race event in your area

Finish the Race events run by churches, schools and community groups across the country form the heart of this year’s campaign in the lead up to the federal election.

These events are designed to help highlight the needs of the world’s poorest people and to call on the Australian government to ensure that Australia finishes well in the run up to the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline.

Events are flexible in length and incorporate both education and action elements. All the information you need is in our action guides – specifically tailored for churches, schools and community groups.

Click here to download the Action Guide from our website.

All events are to be registered via our website and visible on our interactive map at www.finish2015.com.au/events.

As we approach our last federal election before the Millennium Development Goals’ deadline, we have a unique opportunity to collectively raise our voices and make an impact for the world’s poorest over the next few months.

The more voices, the more our politicians will listen. We sincerely hope you will join us.

– The Micah Challenge Team.