Make Poverty History 

Excellent meeting

We had an excellent WDM meeting in Cheltenham on 21st Feb.  The speakers were interesting and a good point for us all to take away was made.  Many promises have been made by politicians—now we have to make sure that their deeds match up to their words.  Keep up the pressure.

This page is intended to contain little notes of things going on locally as well as snippets from further afield. However the campaign is national and the best place to go for all this information is via our hyperlink to the national website www.makepovertyhistory.org

No. 10 responds

Roger James has had a reply to his letter about trade justice. You can see this with a comment on the national Oxfam website.

15th March  Justice for Nigeria

There is great concern over the terms by which Nigeria has received some debt relief.  Please look at the Jubilee Debt site and send a letter to Gordon Brown urging hi to review the terms of the relief.  There is also a protest rally to be held on Wed. 22nd March at 11.0 in Whitehall, London if you could go along.

1st April  Some debt actually cancelled

The World Bank has announced that it has cancelled - cancelled, not promised! - $37 billion owed by poorer countries.  For full details look up Jubilee Debt Campaign site.                    

1st April  - Great news from Zambia

As a result of debt relief the Zambian government has announced a new budget including provision for 1500 new teachers, a school building programme, new health care staff and an expanded HIV/AIDS programme.  It shows what can and should happen.