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These
children are the future of
Africa. Please help us get
their voices heard. |
Street Child
Africa campaigns to get the voice
of street children heard by those
who set the agenda for Africa's
future.
Last year, Britian
hosted the G8 Summit, Bob Geldof
hit the headlines with Live 8, and
millions commited their names to
the Make Poverty History campaign.
But the struggle to get Governments
to listen to us is not over. it
is more important than ever that
Street Child Africa speaks out as
the voice of street children in
Africa.
Our message
is clear: Africa's children
are its future and if you ignore
street children then you deny Africa
the chance to build its future.
Not only is
this morally wrong, it is a disaster
in terms of development.
It's slow work
to get street children onto the
political agenda. But we carry on
fighting because we know that campaigning
can and does work - just think of
Martin Luther King or Nelson Mandela.
Campaigning only works if
people are willing to stand up and
be counted, and that's where every
one of you can help all of the street
children who are denied a voice.
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YOU
CAN HELP
There
are four very
simple ways
you can help
us campaign
on behalf
of street
children.
1.
Go to www.G8rally.com
where you
can e-mail
a G8 leader,
and create
a personalised
placard. Use
this opportunity
to demand
a voice for
African street
children.
2.
Go to www.makepovertyhistory.org
and e-mail
Tony Blair,
specifically
asking him
to put street
children in
Africa on
the agenda.
3.
Contact your
local MP.
Go to www.writetothem.com
to find out
who that is
and tell them
you are concerned
about street
children in
Africa. Ask
them to make
contact with
Street Child
Africa so
that we can
inform them.
4.
Print out
our G8 campaign
postcard –
give it to
your friends,
neighbours,
workmates
and anyone
else you know.
Urge them
to be concerned
for the plight
of street
children too.
To download
this postcard
Click Here.
(pdf)
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Street
children
in a
classroom
in Accra,
Ghana
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Recent
Activities
Recent
campaigning activities have
included:
Submitting
evidence to the All Party
Parliamentary Group's research
into the impact of HIV/Aids
on sub Saharan Africa's development.
Welcoming
our MP for Esher and Walton,
Ian Taylor, to our offices
to inform him on the issue.
Pursuing
a dialogue with Hilary Benn
MP, who invited us to submit
evidence to the Commission
for Africa's report with our
recommendations for street
children.
In Scotland,
developing links with the
Scottish Executive, who have
recently been granted their
own aid budget for Africa.
Subscribing
to Make Poverty History and
taking part in the Make Poverty
History rally in Edinburgh.
Working closely with the Consortium
for Street Children, the Royal
African Society and Chatham
House to gain opportunities
to directly question politicial
figures like Hilary Benn MP,
Gordon Brown MP and African
leaders.
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