Making the world a better place.... How can I help?

Desmond Tutu

“Despite all of the ghastliness in the world, human beings are made for goodness. The ones that are held in high regard are not militarily powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment to try and make the world a better place.”

Mary Robinson

“Part of the wisdom of the Elders is to remind the world that we actually have universal values that are accepted by every government in the world and yet they are not being implemented.”

Our work

The Elders also continue to closely monitor events in Burma, Cyprus, the Middle East, Sudan and Zimbabwe.

You can read more from Lakhdar Brahimi, Jimmy Carter and Desmond Tutu on our blogs, as well as Ela Bhatt’s article on the importance of women’s economic empowerment. I recently enjoyed answering questions about The Elders for the Huffington Post, along with President Carter and Archbishop Tutu.

In Cyprus, we welcomed the recent statement made by the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on progress towards a peace agreement. After decades of division there is finally momentum for a settlement, and this momentum must be sustained by the people of Cyprus and the international community.

What you can do

Many messages ask “How can I help?”

The best thing you can do right now is to help spread the word about The Elders - please encourage your friends to visit our website, join our Facebook fan page and follow us on Twitter.

Please keep sending your comments and thoughts as well – especially if you are affected directly by any of the issues we are working on. We hope this dialogue will continue to grow as our work evolves.

I am sorry that we cannot reply personally to all the messages that you send, but we are grateful for them and the inspiration and encouragement that they give us.

With my best wishes,

PS – Special thanks to Stefano from Switzerland who wrote: “I think this is great what you're doing, not throwing in the towel or just putting up your legs for what would be a well earned retirement, but using your experience and influence to help restore this world to what it was made to be.”

Yes, Stefano, sometimes I do think it might be a bit easier to put up my legs and retire, but with the help and support of people such as you, I do my best!

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