Claire
July 2nd, 2005, 01:56 PM
Please add your voice to Live 8.
For those who don't know, it's a concert acting to eliminate poverty worldwide. As an example statistic, a child dies every 3 seconds due to poverty. This event comes before the upcoming G8 conference where the 8 richest countries are meeting to discuss the actions they will take to eliminate poverty. By just adding your name and e-mail to the links below, you are increasing the pressure on the world leaders to cancel debts owed to them by the poorest countries.
If, for example, the US uped their contribution by just an extra 1% of their budget, it would transform the lives of the poorest people.
G8: The UK, the US, Japan, Russia, Germany, Italy, France and Canada.
Aims:
Cancel 100% of the debts owed by the poorest countries
Reform trade rules so poor countries can earn sustainable incomes
All that you have to do is add your details to these following sites, and you'll have done your part to eliminate world poverty. It's not asking for money, only your support.
You can fill in the 2 votes for all 8 countries if you wish, but for now I've just listed the US and UK options.
You don't have to be from that set country to still put your name down -the US site, for example, asks for the coutry you're from.
Link to all Live8 individual country sites: http://www.live8live.com/fcgi/live8.fcgi
General Live8 Petition
http://www.live8live.com/list/
US
Sign the ONE declaration:
http://www.one.org/
Automatic E-mail to George Bush (you just have to add your name):
http://www.one.org/AddMyVoice.aspx
England
Vote for Trade Justice:
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/mph/campaign.do?code=vtj
Automatic E-mail to Tony Blair (you just have to add your name):
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/mph/campaign.do?code=etb
Thanks everyone :3
For Live 8 chat, check out this thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=1317073
For those who don't know, it's a concert acting to eliminate poverty worldwide. As an example statistic, a child dies every 3 seconds due to poverty. This event comes before the upcoming G8 conference where the 8 richest countries are meeting to discuss the actions they will take to eliminate poverty. By just adding your name and e-mail to the links below, you are increasing the pressure on the world leaders to cancel debts owed to them by the poorest countries.
If, for example, the US uped their contribution by just an extra 1% of their budget, it would transform the lives of the poorest people.
G8: The UK, the US, Japan, Russia, Germany, Italy, France and Canada.
Aims:
Cancel 100% of the debts owed by the poorest countries
Reform trade rules so poor countries can earn sustainable incomes
All that you have to do is add your details to these following sites, and you'll have done your part to eliminate world poverty. It's not asking for money, only your support.
You can fill in the 2 votes for all 8 countries if you wish, but for now I've just listed the US and UK options.
You don't have to be from that set country to still put your name down -the US site, for example, asks for the coutry you're from.
Link to all Live8 individual country sites: http://www.live8live.com/fcgi/live8.fcgi
General Live8 Petition
http://www.live8live.com/list/
US
Sign the ONE declaration:
http://www.one.org/
Automatic E-mail to George Bush (you just have to add your name):
http://www.one.org/AddMyVoice.aspx
England
Vote for Trade Justice:
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/mph/campaign.do?code=vtj
Automatic E-mail to Tony Blair (you just have to add your name):
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/mph/campaign.do?code=etb
Thanks everyone :3
For Live 8 chat, check out this thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=1317073