Age group: Pioneers/Venturers/DFs

How long it will take: As long as you like!

What materials you will need: Internet access

The aim of the activity: To find out more about the campaigns to 'drop the debt'

What to do:
Visit the following web sites, find out more about the campaigns and look for ways in which you can get involved to support them:

'Still waiting for the Jubilee' poster campaign
The Jubilee Debt Campaign is launching a stark new poster campaign on 1 January, a year after the end of the Jubilee 2000 and at the start of the year of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The campaign exposes the fact that only a fraction of the debt relief needed to give the world's poor a new start has been promised, let alone delivered.
Image: New Jubilee Campaign Poster
From: Jubilee Debt Campaign (UK). 21 December 2001
http://www.debtchannel.org/cgi-bin/babel/showdoc.cgi?root=1410&url=http://
www.jubileedebtcampaign.org.uk/news/Press_release_Dec-19.htm

War on Want campaign for Tobin tax
The Tobin Tax is a small tax on international currency transactions. If introduced by Governments around the world it will generate billions of dollars for international development. Find out the latest from War on Want.
From: War on Want. 16 October 2001
http://www.debtchannel.org/cgi-bin/babel/showdoc.cgi?root=1410&url=http://
www.waronwant.org/tobin.htm

Friends of the Earth launch programme to recognise ecological debt
Extraction of natural resources, unfair trade rules and the disproportionate pollution by industrialised countries have all contributed to the ecological debt. This adds another vast layer of obligation from the industrialised countries to the Third World. The Friends of the Earth initiative aims to stop the increase in ecological debt and restore areas affected in developing countries.
From: Friends of the Earth International. 9 November 2001
http://www.debtchannel.org/cgi-bin/babel/showdoc.cgi?root=1410&url=
http://www.foei.org/campaigns/
EcologicalDebt/indexdebt.htm

Trading rules must put people first
The World Trade Organisation stands accused of failing poor countries and citizens in favour of rich nations and corporations. As the Qatar meeting approaches, it is now vital that huge public concern about WTO rules voiced in Seattle is not lost. The challenge is to transform this into a real commitment for change. For more information see the World Development Movement's WTO campaign.
From: World Development Movement. 22 October 2001
http://www.debtchannel.org/cgi-bin/babel/showdoc.cgi?root=1410&url=
http://www.wdm.org.uk/campaign/WTO.htm