Christians Aware and Leicester WDM have arranged a meeting with speakers from Oxfam and Practical Action on Tuesday 29th October 2013 – at Christchurch, Clarendon Park Rd, Leicester, LE2 3AD, from 7 to 9pm.
Alhassan Adam of Oxfam will talk about ‘Countering Water Privatisation in Ghana’ and Mansoor Ali of Practical Action will talk about ‘Small Schemes for the better use of Water’
Please join us …
Leicester WDM was right in the middle of Leicester’s favourite day out at the Riverside festival. The sun smiled on us …. there was music, food and lots to do.
It was a wonderful day and many people came to our stall. We had some lively discussions and genuine concern was expressed at the way that some banks invest in ‘dirty finance’. People signed a petition to Business Secretary Vince Cable to ask the Government to make banks declare the impact of their lending on world wide carbon emissions.
Why not take part in an online action and write to Vince Cable asking him to hold banks to account for the impact that their lending has on global warming…. and on the destruction of communities around the world
Members of groups from the East Midlands met in Leicester to learn more about the WDM climate and energy justice campaign. People came from as far afield as Coventry, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire as well as Leicestershire.
Climate change will affect everyone in the world, but will have a much bigger impact on people who live in extreme poverty in the global south. The WDM campaign focusses on the way banks are funding companies responsible for some of the most socially and environmentally destructive projects on the planet.
In Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia, over 9,000 people are already experiencing water shortages due to the Oyu Tolgui mine. The mine is due to be powered by a dirty coal plant that will cause pollution without providing energy for local people.
Why not join a local WDM group and tackle the root courses of poverty and injustice in the world. Contact Find your local group to campaign against poverty.
Come along to the Riverside Festival in Leicester on Sunday afternoon 2nd June.
It will be a great afternoon … and pop in to see us in the Green Light@ Riverside Festival tent. For more details look at the Leicester City Council website – http://www.leicester.gov.uk/riversidefestival/
WDM East Midlands Day in Leicester
– Saturday 1st June, 11am -to 3pm
Meet other WDM group members, share experiences, and come up with ideas and solutions for effective local campaigning.
Where: Christchurch, 105a Clarendon Park Rd, Leicester, LE2 3AH
The day will include:
• A Carbon Capital workshop on WDM’s new climate and energy justice campaign
• Update on WDM’s other campaigns
• Film screening of Seeds of Freedom
• Skillsharing and action planning
This is a free event. We can also offer travel subsidies. Bring your own lunch – drinks provided.
Please contact Mary Steiner on mary.steiner@btopenworld.com or 0115 922 6702 to let us know you’re coming.
The event is organised by WDM groups in the East Midlands.
Peter and Sheila Yates of Fareshare Leicester and Dan Iles of the World Development Movement highlighted the problems facing poor people in Leicester and Kenya trying to feed themselves and their children in the face of rising food prices and reduced incomes. This meeting was hosted by Christians Aware and the Leicester World Development Movement Group at Christchurch, Clarendon Park Rd, to mark Fairtrade Fortnight.
Fareshare Leicester – preventing hunger and putting a stop to needless waste of food
Pete and Sheila Yates described how their charity is able to reclaim food from supermarkets and other sources, which would otherwise go to landfill. This food is then made available to Leicester organisations who help individuals and families who struggle to feed themselves.
WDM – Food Sovereignty
Dan Iles of the World Development Movement spoke of how four main food companies control most global food production. He also explained how food commodity speculation by banks and other institutions forces up prices for poor families in developing countries and that these families spend 70-90% of their incomes on food.
Dan described the Food Sovereignty Movement which emphasises the need for local control over land and food production. Within the UK, the Food Sovereignty Movement brings together people who care about food and those who produce it. In a world where nearly half of the population are farmers, it is importance to recognise the importance of small scale food production.
