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February 01, 2005

Untie the purse-strings

This weekend is the meeting of the G7 finance ministers. I know, it sounds boring, doesn't it?

But these people hold the purse strings. As part of this year's effort to get a better deal for the poor through the Make Poverty History coalition, let us call them to make good decisions. Every three seconds a child dies from a preventable cause. Justice and compassion must provoke Christians to pray, but also to speak up, and call our leaders to act.

If you are British, will you please take a few moments now to send an email to Gordon Brown to let him know that you expect him to deliver a result for the poor. We need the finance ministers to prepare the way for a breakthrough on aid and trade justice at the G8. And we want a result on debt agreed before they leave the meeting room.

Have you got your White Band yet? They are only £1, and are a simple statement of your commitment to the Make Poverty History campaign for this year. You can buy them online or at a nearby Oxfam shop.

If you want to be more informed about some of the issues, I have written more about Christian responses to injustice and Third World Poverty, and the issues of trade, aid, and debt.

And finally...is there any similar movement to this going on elsewhere in the G7 nations? I'd be interested to hear about it.

Posted by Keith at February 1, 2005 09:13 AM