WHAT: In his Feb. 16 commentary, conservative talk show host Glenn Beck called out Trickle Up as being a "leftist charity" that receives Google funding. ("Three Reasons to Be Wary of Google," http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/glenn-beck/transcript/beck-three-reasons-be-wary-google). In response to the attack, Trickle Up - a non-profit poverty alleviation organization - invites Glenn Beck on a trip to India or Mali to experience the powerful transformation in Trickle Up participants who, after being offered a small grant and taught important job skills, become able to feed their children three meals a day instead of two, buy them their first pair of shoes and send them to school.

WHO: Trickle Up (www.trickleup.org) works to end global poverty by helping women start businesses, gain skills and save money. The values that Trickle Up promotes "“ enterprise, hard work, self-sufficiency - have over the past five years - helped more than 45,000 women and their families move up out of extreme poverty, and are values that Mr. Beck endorses and asks its viewers to applaud. Trickle Up is supported by thousands of donors - individuals, corporations including Google, foundations and the US government - who share a commitment to reducing poverty and inequality. Trickle Up believes that ending poverty transcends politics and that lifting a woman out of extreme poverty is important to people on both sides of the political aisle.

INTERVIEWS: Bill Abrams, President of Trickle Up, is available for interviews to discuss how Trickle Up helps end poverty, and what Glenn Beck would experience on a trip abroad to meet these incredible women that might change his viewpoint on poverty forever.

VIDEO COMMENT: For a video of Trickle Up President Bill Abrams addressing a statement to Glenn Beck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XzR3mE5gbM

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Trickle Up ( About Trickle Up www.trickleup.org) empowers people living on less than $1.25 a day to take the first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build microenterprises for a better quality of life. In partnership with local agencies, Trickle Up provides business training and seed capital grants to launch or expand a microenterprise and savings support to build assets. Trickle Up works in five countries throughout Asia, Africa and Central America.

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