Glastonbury to join hands

Glastonbury Festival is to "join hands" to draw attention to the MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign.

They're asking that everyone joins hands at 4pm on the Saturday, whereever people are on the site, to make a statement of support for the campaign. This special Glastonbury moment will be carefully co-ordinated thoughout the site, so that everyone can join in and express their solidarity.

Why is this campaign so important?
Because every 3 seconds, a child dies needlessly of extreme poverty.
Every single day, 50,000 people are dying needlessly of extreme poverty.

On 6 July 2005, the 8 leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries meet for the G8 summit in Scotland.

In front of these 8 men will be a costed and cogent plan – the result of a year’s work by the Africa Commission – a plan to drop 100% of the debts owed to the world’s richest countries by the world’s poorest countries, to double the amount of high quality aid which is spent in those countries adding an extra $50 billion, and to change the injustices of the trade laws so that those countries can build a future for themselves.

These 8 men have it in their power to save literally millions of lives. There’s never been an opportunity like this before – and may not be again in our lifetime. The G8 could put an end to the greatest scandal of our time...

Those 8 men have the choice to change the way our world works, but they won’t unless enough people tell them to. Help make them do the right thing!!!

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