What you can do

 

Underlying Jubilee 2000's work is the belief that the issues of debt must be made accessible to ordinary people. Once people understand the fundamental injustices of international debt, they will want to take action.

• Latest Actions
• Ongoing Actions
• Milestones in the Campaign
• Future events
• Join the Campaign

 

LATEST ACTIONS

• Take urgent action ! Italy are now the chair of the group of eight (G8) nations in charge of decisions on debt cancellation - Email your debt wish to italy now

• Next stop Genoa. Call on Italy to prepare the way for a New Deal on Debt at the 2001 G8 Summit.

• Order the latest edition of ENLACE - a bilingual newsletter on the latest developments on debt in Latin American and the Caribbean.

• Don't miss Jubilee 2000's final interactive report - an exciting thematic review of the campaign! Browse the online version, add your own comments and quotes to the report or order a free printed version now.

• Become a President for a Day! Order this enjoyable and thought-provoking interactive CD-Rom game to find out what it is like to be a country facing debt and poverty.

• Paralysis in Prague: tell the IMF & World Bank to release their stranglehold on debt.

• Deeper than Debt. A new book by a Jubilee 2000 campaigner in Bolivia examines the role of debt in economic globalisation.

• Find out who won the Life or Debt Art Competition
  

• Teaching English with Jubilee 2000. Jubilee 2000 and the issue of debt are ideal subject matter for an English lesson: and these teaching units make it easy! Produced by Clear Word, the exercises provide an introduction to the problems of international debt for poor countries, and the proposals for debt relief in the year 2000. The written materials can be added to with an audio text for listening comprehension exercises, which is available from Jubilee 2000 for £2.00. Download text | Order cassette

• Link up for freedom: Find out more about debt campaigning in Africa and Latin America with two quarterly publications.

• Download Jubilee 2000's International Action Calendar.  Link your local event to campaigning around the world.

• Beat the debt. The G7 are just tuning up their instruments, and putting in the final rehearsals for their new set – Download the G8 Funky 'Drop the Debt' Beat and see them play!

• Get involved in campaigning on debt by linking up with other supporters in your region. Check out Jubilee 2000's new regional rep list.

• Figure it out. All the numbers you'll ever need to show why debt is still a huge problem. Get all the statistics at your fingertips to back up your arguments.

• See Cologne and London human chains on film. A new video from Tearfund is just one of the many resources on debt available from Jubilee 2000 and its coalition partners.

• Want to know what it is like to be a country mired in debt? Order Christian Aid's Debt Game and start to find out!

• Quote Unquote Why write your own words about the debt crisis when you can borrow someone else's? Use our quotes page for inspiration!

 

ONGOING ACTIONS

1. Jubilee 2000 Petition
At last, the Jubilee 2000 petition has become a record breaker - twice over! Find out more about the world's largest and most international petition, the cornerstone of the campaign for debt cancellation.

2. Join Up!
In the UK, it is possible to get involved in debt campaigning by joining one of the organisations active in the Jubilee 2000 Coalition or the successors to Jubilee 2000. Outside the UK, you can become involved by joining the National Campaign in your country.

• Joining one of the UK Coalition Organisations
• Joining your National Campaign
• Find out about debt campaigning after Jubilee 2000

3. Putting pressure on politicians
Never underestimate the importance of your views — as part of the great public opinion - in swaying government decisions. Click here to find out what's going on in the G7's parliaments and governments, and how you can help keep the pressure on.

4. Become active in or set up a regional coalition
To become successful, the Jubilee 2000 campaign needs to do extensive education and campaigning work at the local level. In the short time frame that we have, we were keen not to set up new groups - but instead pool the resources of networks that already exist to forward the objectives of the Jubilee 2000 campaign. In the UK, an extensive network of regional coalitions has been established. A full list of regional reps and some regional websites is now available.

5. Education, education, education!
Raise awareness of the issue in your workplace, community centre, Trade Union, church or national organisations of which you are a member. Encourage them to endorse the urgent need for debt cancellation. Several organisations campaigning on debt have background information on the debt crisis and resources which can help to make issue of debt accessible to others.