Jubilee 2000 Coalitions Worldwide |
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Jubilee 2000 Coalitions Worldwide |
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Angola
Contact: Francisco Filomeno Vieira Lopes, Interim Convening Committee, Jubilee 2000 AFRICAMPAIGN Angola Coalition, Box 6095, Luanda, Angola
Tel: 244 2 366729 Fax: 244 2 335497/ 334 143
Email: adra-lbengo@angonet.org ; fivilopes@hotmail.com ; Flopes@snghold.ebonet.net
Status: Despite the context of a civil war, a number of organisations came together to launch the campaign in Angola in July 1999. This introduced the issues and organised the structure of the Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign National Coalition in Angola.
Argentina
Contact: Héctor Seoane, Foro de la Deuda Externa (Fordex), Marcelo T. de Alvear 1620, 6to. Piso, Dpto Q, Casilla 1060, Buenos Aires. Tel. +54 11 4371 9464
E-mail: seoanehe@infovia.com.ar
Web: http://www.ladeudaexterna.com
Beverly Keene, Dialogo 2000, Piedras 730, 1070 Buenos Aires. Tel/Fax: +54 11 4 361 5745 Emails: dialogo@wamani.apc.org , keeneba@wamani.apc.org
Status: Fordex is a group of civil society organisations working on debt issues linked to judicial aspects. They scored an historic success in July 2000 when the Argentinian Courts condemned the illegitimate origins of a substantial portion of external debt amassed during the military period from 1976 to 1983.
Diálogo 2000 is an umbrella organisation working on key issues around justice, and solidarity linked to the year 2000.
Australia
Contact: Grant Hill, TEAR Australia, PO Box 289, Hawthorn, 3122 Victoria, Australia Phone: (03) 9819 1900 Fax: (03) 9818 3586. (International Code +61 3)
Email: grant@tear.org.au Website: http://www.jubilee2000.org.au
Status: TEAR Australia has brought together a number of groups to support the campaign, including denominations such as the Baptists and Anglicans, aid agencies, ACTU and community groups. The National Working Group consists of Anglican Media (Sydney), Australian Baptist World Aid, the National Council of Churches, TEAR Australia and World Vision. The Working Group have started an active education and mobilising campaign. They have produced petitions, FAQs, theological materials and have set up State Working Groups across Australia. They produced postcards to go to MPs in November 1998, and the World Bank/IMF in April 1999. They collected over 370,000 petition signatures and organised a major 'wake-up call' on 18 June to raise awareness of the campaign. They are currently preparing actions in the run-up to the Olympics in October.
Austria
Contact: Martina Neuwirth, Erlassjahr 2000 Oesterreich, Tuerkenstrasse 3, A 1090 Vienna, Austria. Tel: 00 43 1 317032177 Fax: 00 43 1 317032185
Email: erlassjahr@koo.at or m.neuwirth@koo at Web site: http://www.t0.or.at/ini96/
Status: The Austrian Debt Relief Initiative has been under way for a number of years and has submitted 56,000 petition signatures to Parliament. They shifted their focus to the Jubilee 2000 campaign and have been working in raising awareness of the issue amongst churches. Their campaign received a boost when Muhammad Ali, the international ambassador of Jubilee 2000, visited the campaign in Vienna in November 1999.
Bangladesh
Nurul Anowar, Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation, GPO Box 935, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: 880 8119112; Fax: 880 2 8119112 Email: baflf@bdcom.com
Belgium/ Europe
Contact: Bogdan Vanden Berghe, Broederlijk Delen, Huidevetterstraat 165, B1000 Brussels Tel : 00-32-2-502 57 00 Fax : 00-32-2-502 81 01
Email: Bogdan.Vandenberghe@broederlijkdelen.be
Website: http://www.broederlijkdelen.beAlain Troussart, Entraide et Fraternite rue de Gouvernement Provisoire 32, Brussels
B 1000, Belgium Tel: 32 2 227 6680 Fax: 32 2 217 32 59 Email: entraide@cidse.be
Ted van Hees, EURODAD, rue Dejoncker 46, B1060 Brussels, Belgium Tel: 32 2 543 9060 Fax: 32 2 544 05 59 Email: eurodad@agoranet.be
Status: Broederlijk Delen is the leading NGO amongst Flemish organisations and held a public launch on 25th January 1999 attended by over 60 organisations.
Entraide et Fraternite is working with other french organisations to promote the Jubilee 2000 campaign. They have produced materials including petition, video and introductory booklet.
EURODAD is the network for sharing policy information with organisations in Europe, US and the indebted countries. Many of its contacts are also Jubilee 2000 Coalition organisers.
Benin
Contact: Mathurine Sossou Kpe, J2000 AFRICAMPAIGN Initiative, 04BP 1012 Cotonou, Benin
Bolivia
Contact: Irene Tokarski, Jubileo 2000 Bolivia, Conferencia Episcopal, Casilla 2309, Tel./Fax: 00591-2-374452,
E-mail: tokarski@ceibo.entelnet.bo
Website: http://www.cochabamba.net/jubileo2000/
http://www.jubileo.ucb.edu.bo
Status: Jubileo 2000 is working closely with the churches in Bolivia to highlight the effects of debt. In April, they co-ordinated consultations across the country to assess and identify the main areas that need to be addressed in order to reduce the high levels of poverty in Bolivia. They have challenged the Bolivian Government to incorporate the conclusions to demonstrate how they will use resources released by debt cancellation. They are working closely with the German campaign as the Bolivian Church has a partnership with two dioceses in Germany who also are in the Campaign.
Brazil
Contact: Marcos Arruda. Jubileu 2000 Coalition, PACS, Instituto de Políticas Alternativas para o Cone Sul, Rua Joaquim Silva, 56 - 8o. - 20241-110 Rio de Janeiro - Brasil Tel/fax 55 21 252 0366, 224 3107 - Email: pacs@ax.apc.org
Website: http://www.jubileu2000.org.br/
Status: PACS are coordinating Jubilee 2000 campaign in Brazil. They held an International Tribunal on the debt from the 26th to 28th April 1999 which was attended by over 2000 people. This declared the debt "iniquitous and illegitimate." They are currently working on a National Referendum on the debt in September 2000.
Burkina Faso
Contact: Samuel Yameogo, 01 BP 108, Ouagadougou, Burkino Faso. Tel: 00226 36 34 60/63 Fax: 00 226 36 3466
Status: Works with the ODE (equivalent of Christian Aid), vice-chairman of EREDA (Tear Fund partner) and also General Secretary of SPONG (all NGOs) in Burkino Faso.
Cameroon
Contact: Georgina Kengne, Jubilee 2000 Cameroon, c/o Ecumenical Service for Peace, P.O. Box 78, Buea, South West Province, Cameroon. Tel. (237) 31-20-05/ 31-20-06
Fax (237) 31-22-55 Email: peace.humanus@camnet.cm
Status: They have been working through the churches in raising awareness of the campaign and promoting the petition. They organised a Central Africa Jubilee 2000 conference in January 2000 which was attended by delegates from 14 countries and are acting as a central co-ordination point between campaigns in Central Africa.
Canada
Contact: Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee Initiative, P.O. Box 772, Toronto, ON Canada, M4Y 2N6 Tel: 416 462 1613 Fax: 416 922 0957
E-mail: jubilee@devp.org ; stratton@web.net
Website: www.web.net/~jubilee
Status: The Jubilee Campaign in Canada includes a key focus on international debt but also works on other issues. The Canadian Coalition collected 635,000 signatures for the Jubilee 2000 Petition. The Jubilee 2000 campaign was launched on September 28 1998 in Ottawa and 20 other cities across the country and was attended by Archbishop Ndungane and Susan George. The campaign had a major success in 1999 when the Canadian Government agreed to the principle of unilateral 100% cancellation which they granted to Bangladesh in December 1999. The Jubilee campaign also focuses on Redistribution of Wealth and Renewal of the Earth.
Colombia
Contact: Oscar Alfonso Moreno, Núcleo de Asesoría Empresarial (NEA), Facultad de Economía, Universidad de Manizales, Carrera 9 No. 19-03, Manizales, Caldas
Tel: 00 57 6 884-1450 Exts. 288/269 Fax. 00 57 6 884-1443
E-mail: nea@um.umanizales.edu.co
Status: NEA is part of Economics Department of the University of Manizales working in social projects. They are leading the campaign in Colombia.
Cote d’Ivoire
Contact: Marc N'Guessan, Interim Convening Committee, Jubilee 2000 Cote d’Ivoire Coalition, 26 Avenue Chardie, Abidjan Plateau, 01 BP 2432 Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire
Tel: 00 225 21 9578/79 Fax: 00 225 21 9580
E-mail: marcnguessan@netcourrier.com
Status: Have initiated an interim convening caucus made up of non-governmental organisations, musicians, student groups and political leaders to carry out work towards building the Jubilee 2000 National Coalition in Cote D’Ivoire. They have done some media work on the campaign.
Cuba
Contact: Magalys Arocha, Cuban Women Federation. Paseo # 260, Esq. 13 Velasco, Ciudad Habana, Cuba Tel: 00 537 552 772 Fax: 00 537 333 019
E-mail: fmccu@ceniai.inf.cu
Status: They started working on Jubilee 2000 Campaign in January 1999 after their participation in the launch of the Latin American Campaign in Tegucigalpa.
Czech Republic
Contact: Tomas Tozicka, Milosteve Leto 2000, U mesta Chersonu 1675, 434 01 Most, Czech Republic Tel/Fax: +420 35 610 8667 Email: tozicka1@ti.cz
Petr Tesarek, Jubilee 2000 Czech Campaign, 12 Na Porici, 11530, Praha 1, Czech Republic Tel: 420 602 319346 Email: tes@inway.cz
Status: The Czech Jubilee 2000 campaign 'Milostevé Léto 2000' is made up of a number of groups including church groups and works closely with Bankwatch and Friends of the Earth. They are co-ordinating a Public Forum on Debt (24th to 26th September) and a demonstration on debt (24th September) to coincide with the IMF and World Bank meetings held in Prague.
YMCA in Czech Republic have worked with the Czech Council of Children and Youth (CRDM) in collecting petition signatures but also raising awareness about the campaign in parliament.
Denmark
Contact: Bo Tovby Jorgansen, Jubilee2000.dk, c/o. Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, Nørregade 13, DK - 1165 København K, Denmark
Tel: (+45) 33152800 Email: jubilee2000@dca.dk
Pernille Petersen, Kirkernes u-Landsoplysning, Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 17/3, DK 2100, Kobenhavn, Denmark. Tel: 45 3543 2943 Fax: 45 35 43 2944
Email: kiu@inform-bbs.dk Website: http://www.jubilee2000.dk
Status: Jubilee 2000 Denmark is largely run by students who have actively promoted the campaign and mobilised supporters for major international events, in particular the Cologne G7 Summit and the UN Social Summit in Geneva in June 2000.
Kirkernes u-Landsoplysning (the Churches Third World Information Network) brought together organisations including IBIS in a Jubilee 2000 Coalition. They launched in May 1998 at the time of the G8 Summit.Ecuador
Contact: Ricardo Patiño, Jubileo 2000 Guayaquil, Costanera 1233 y Acacias, Casilla Postal 09-01-7544, Guayaquil, Ecuador Tel. 00 593 4 295 865 Fax. 00 593 4 295 866
E-mail: jubileogye@hotmail.com ; ripatino@hotmail.com
Manolo Barreno, Jubileo 2000, Av. 10 de Agosto 536 y Arenas, Edificio Donofre, 5to. Piso, Ofic. 501, Casilla 17-15-1113, Quito, Ecuador.
Tel. 00 593 2 227-467 Fax. 00 593 2 227-467
Email: redher@andinanet.ec
Status: Jubileo 2000 Guayaquil are co-ordinating Jubilee 2000 efforts in Ecuador. They called for an independent arbitration process when the Ecuadorian government defaulted in October 1999. On the 5-6th December 1999, they organised a regional workshop on "How to negotiate external debt in an independent and transparent process."
A popular Christian continental organisation ‘Asamblea del Pueblo de Dios’ have been mobilising to stop paying foreign debts under the banner ‘For a new millennium without debts’. "The debt is sucking the blood of our people; we decided to stop paying the debt of death; we want to live."
Finland
Contact: Annamari Koistinen, Kehitysyhteistyön Palvelukeskus -Kepa
Service Center for Development Co-operation, Sörnäisten Rantatie 25 00500
Helsinki, FINLAND Tel-+358-9-584 23 242
E-mail: annamari.koistinen@kepa.fi
Website: http://www.kepa.fi
Status: Kepa is an umbrella organisation for Third World solidarity organisations (180 member org) in Finland. They launched the finnish Jubilee 2000 campaign in May 1998. The interest among organisations and activists for Jubilee has been strong and enthusiastic. Besides Kepa, the Finnish churchaid and some other religious organisations and the solidarity foundation of one the biggest trade unions in Finland have all be involved in promoting the campaign. In Mid-October 1998, they made a major breakthrough when the Finnish Government became the first government to back the Jubilee 2000 campaign. Jubilee 2000 was the major theme of a music festival at the end of May 99 and 2000 at which over 60,000 people participated.
France
Contact: Alex de la Forest-Divonne, CCFD, 4 Rue Jean Lantier, 75001, Paris, France
Tel: 00 33 1 44 82 80 00 Email: a.delaforest@ccfd.asso.fr
Laurent Jesover, ATTAC, 9bis, rue de Valence; 75005 Paris; FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 4271 4718 Email: jesover@attac.org
Status: Following a meeting in October 1998, many NGOs agreed in France to set up a national coalition and launch the campaign. They launched the campaign in January 1999 and had an early meeting with the French Finance Minister, Mr Strauss-Kahn. CCFD act as the secretariat run by a core steering group of the coalition. They collected over 500,000 signatures in the run-up to the Cologne G8 Summit and in 2000 organised a major demonstration outside the Paris Club (together with ATTAC)
ATTAC are an activist network that stand for controlling international speculation and democratising the international financial system. They have strong regional groups and have also campaigned together with CCFD on debt.
Germany
Contacts: Friedel Hutz-Adams, Erlassjahr 2000, Sudwind e V, Lindenstrasse 58-60, 52371 Siegburg, Germany Tel: 49 2241 591226 Fax: 49 22 41 591227 Email: buero@erlassjahr2000.de Web Site: http://www.erlassjahr2000.de/
Status: Erlassjahr 2000 was first launched at the Protestant Churches Kirchentag attended by 150,000 people. Several organisations then met in September to form a Coalition including Bread for the World, Sudwind and Inkota. They now have hundreds of organisations in the coalition supporting a campaign platform which focuses on the German Government’s experience of debt remission after the war compared with the current Government’s opposition to effective debt relief for the poorest countries. They have also produced an introductory booklet and regularly publish a newsletter and organised two major events in Cologne and Stuttgart at the time of the G8 Summit in Cologne in June 1999. They organised events across Germany including bell-ringing in churches across the country at the time of the Okinawa G7 Summit and have started a debate within the Government about the need for a new international insolvency law.
Ghana/ Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign
Contact: Akoto Ampaw, Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign Secretariat, c/o PO Box 207 Accra, Ghana Tel: 233 21 229 875 Fax: 00 233 21 220 307
Status: The Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign was successfully launched in April 1998 with representatives from 19 countries including churches, Islamic Groups, Trade Unions, Grassroots activists, women’s organisations and labour organisations. Delegates committed themselves to setting up national coalitions. The Afrika Secretariat set up a Jubilee 2000 Ghana Coalition and is supporting the work of the campaign at a Pan Afrikan Level.
Guatemala
Contact: Humberto de León Gómez, Comité Coordinador para la Salud A.C., 31 Av. 1444 Zona 7, Ciudad de Plata II, Carril Auxiliar Periférico
Tel/fax 00 502 473 9689 Email: ccssac@c.net.gt
Vitalino Similox, Conferencia de Iglesias Evangélicas de Guatemala (CIEDEG). 7a. Av. 1-11 Zona 2, Guatemala. Tel: 00 502 220 8370 Fax. 00 502 233 1609
Guyana
Contact: Rodrigues Malcolm, Justice and Peace Commission, 29 Brickdam, Georgetown, Guyana, South America Tel: 592 2 67 461 Fax: 592 2 75 125
Email: sj.guy@solutions2000.net
Status: The Justice and Peace Commission in Georgetown launched the Jubilee 2000 campaign on the 5th June 1998. They pointed out that while the world demands Guyana protect its forests, high levels of debt lead to environmental degradation. The launch was attended by 2 Bishops and a representative of the UNDP and received good coverage by the media. The entire Guyanese Cabinet signed the Jubilee 2000 petition. They are currently working on spreading the message to Trade Unions, Women’s organisations and other networks.
Haiti
Contact: Jean Pierre Ricot, PAPDA, #6, Angle Rue Fremy et Avenue John Brown, Port au Prince, Haiti Tel/ Fax: 509 458836
Email: jubile2000-haiti@papda.org
Status: PAPDA is a coalition of organisations including peasant groups, environmental groups and NGOs. It has been active in promoting the Jubilee 2000 Petition and supports the Jubilee 2000 campaign as part of a broad-based campaign against the countries’ current economic strategy which is destroying peasant and traditional livelihoods. In June 2000, Haiti held a Week of Action on debt which included workshops at rural level and a major concert in the centre of Port-au-Prince.
Honduras
Contact: Francisco Machado, one of the three Latin American coordinators, Organizacion de Organismos No Gubernamentales ,4ta. Calle, 3ra Av. Sur Oeste, Barrio El Calvario, Santa Rosa de Copán. Tel: 00 504 622 1127 Fax. 00 504 622-0631
Email: asonog@sdnhon.org.hn , mdasonog@sdnhon.org.hn
Ana Lucía Restrepo, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Col. Las Minitas, Av. Juan Lindo, Edif. PM, 2do. Piso No. 204, Apartado Postal 4841, Tegucigalpa D.C.
Tel/Fax. +504 239 0727 E-mail: afscteg@hondudata.com
Status: ASONOG has brought together NGOs to produce research work related to HIPC. They ensured that debt was firmly on the agenda following the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in November 1998. They co-ordinated the launching of the Latin American Campaign wide level to promote the Jubilee 2000 Campaign on 25-27th January 1999. They have since initiated a number of education projects including new materials on debt and have organised a number of demonstrations demanding debt cancellation.
Hong Kong
Contact: Mr. Oliver H. Mark, Chief Executive, Cedar Fund Limited, 504 Rightful Centre, 12 Tak Hing Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel:(852) 2381 9627 Fax:(852) 2392 2777 e-mail address: sharing@cedarfund.org Web Site: http://www.cedarfund.org
Status: A small NGO Cedarfund has been active in promoting Jubilee 2000 Coalition and produced materials and the Petition in Chinese. They are liaising with other Chinese NGOs including Oxfam and ARENA.
India
Contacts: Sheelu Francis, Women’s Collective, 63 SRP Colony, Madras, India Tel: 53 70 526/6461620 Fax: 48 91 897 Email: sheelu@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in
Website: http://www.tnwomencollective.org/campaigns2.html
Rakesh Mohan, South-South Solidarity, B-4/223, First Floor, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi, India (Tel): 91 11 616 8598 (Fax): 91 11 616 8613
Email: rakesh@soldarty.unv.ernet.in
Status: The Women’s Collective has done some inspiring grassroots work on debt collecting over 100,000 signatures and holding meetings around South India on debt and Jubilee 2000. They have organised a Tamil Nadu coalition and have produced leaflets and petitions in Tamil.
South-South Solidarity links grassroots organisations in the South. They published a booklet on "External Debt in South Asia : A Regional Analysis" and have done some educational work on debt.
Indonesia
Contact: Mr. Chris Wangkay, Koalis Anti Utang, c/o INFID, Jl. Mampang Prapatan XI No.3, Jakarta 12790 Indonesia
Tel: 62-21-7919-6722 Fax: 62-21-7941577 E-Mail: chris@nusa.or.id
Status: The Indonesia Anti Debt Coaliton( Koalis Anti Utang) was launched on 18th February 2000. It includes around 180 NGOs, social movements, farmers unions and other organisations.
Ireland
Jean Somers, Debt and Development Coalition, All Hallows, Grace Park Road, Dublin 9 Tel/fax: 01 857 1828; Email ddc@connect.ie Website: http://www.debt-ireland.org/
Status: Jubilee 2000 is being promoted through the Debt and Development Coalition. The petition campaign in Ireland was very successful with over 800,000 signatures presented in Cologne. After Cologne, they increased pressure on the Irish minister for Finance to support the Jubilee view at the IMF and World Bank. They have held a series of public events including an overnight 'Debt Watch' organised outside the Ministry for Finance on the 100th day before the millennium and on 13th July 2000 they organised a march between the G7 embassies in Dublin.Israel
Contact: Dror Reshef, Jubilee 2000 Debt Campaign, c/o Green Course, Hasfela 3 St. Tel Aviv, Israel Tel : 972-3-6388671 Fax: 972-3-5374302
Email: dror_reshef@hotmail.com ; eran@spni.org.i l
Website: http://www.greencourse.org.il/user/debt
Status: The debt campaign is co-ordinated by Green Course, a country wide organization working on environmental issues. They work together with Green Action, one of the leading NGOs in Israel working on the subjects of globalization, TNCs and consumerism; and Aid without borders, an Israeli Voluntary Humanitarian Organisation. They have done educational work, published booklets on debt and SAPs and have participated in campaign events around IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington and Prague.
Italy
Contacts: Luca de Fraia, Sdebitarsi Campaign, c/o Movimondo, piazza Albania 10. 00153 Rome, Italy (Tel: 39 06 57 300 330, Fax: 39 06 57 44 869,
Email: sdebitarsi@unimondo.org or asd@gn.apc.org
Website: http://www.unimondo.org/sdebitarsi
Michael Seigel, SEDOS World Debt Working Group, Via dei Verbiti 1, Roma 1-00154, Italy (Tel: 5741350, Fax: 578 3031) Email: svd.jpic@pcn.net
Status: Campagna Sdebitarsi is co-ordinating the Coalition of more than 25 organisations, both religious and secular. It has already collected about 600,000 petition signatures including those of the Mayors of important cities such as Rome, Florence, Venice and Palermo. In September 1999, Sdebitarsi played a key role in supporting the meeting between the Pope and academics, pop stars and Jubilee 2000 campaigners. They became a household name when they linked up with Jovanotti and Pavarotti at the San Remo Festival in January 2000. The popular support for the campaign was evident in July, when the Government had to close its computer server after receiving 60,000 emails calling for debt cancellation in a single day. A few days before the Okinawa Summit, the Italian parliament passed new legislation which opens up debt cancellation to more countries, asks for the International Court of Justice to rule on debt and makes it possible for the Italian Government to take action untied to the HIPC process.
The Sedos World Debt Working Group have promoted the campaign, especially the petition to the generalates of religious congregations in the Catholic Church. 63 Leaders of the Union of Superiors General and 700 Women Religious Leaders have backed the Jubilee 2000 campaign.
Jamaica
Contact: Simeon Robinson, Co-ordinator, Jubilee 2000 Coalition, c/o Association of Development Agencies (ADA), 12 Easton Avenue, Kingston 6, Jamaica Tel/Fax: 927 5784 Email: ada9275784@yahoo.com
Ian McKnight, Jubilee 2000 Coalition, c/o Partners for Community Change, 4 Upper Musgrave Avenue, Kingston 10 Jamaica Tel: 9783737/ 9782345/ 9784668 Fax: 9787876 Email: jas@colis.com
Status: ADA and Partners for Community Change work together to promote the campaign in Jamaica. They collected petition signatures in the run-up to Cologne and have been involved in advocacy on debt for a number of years.
Japan
Contact: Teruyo Otsuka, Jubilee 2000 Japan, c/o Pacific Asia Resource Centre (PARC), 3rd Floor Hinoki Building, 2-1 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052 Japan Tel: 81 3 3291 5901 Fax: 81 3 3292 2437
Email: teruyo@jca.ax.apc.org
Website: http://www.eco-link.org/jubilee/
Paul McCartin, Justice and Peace Group, St Columban's, 4-1-10 Kami-Yoga
Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 158 - 0098
Tel 03-3427-9427 Fax 03-3439-7754 Email: mccartin@beige.ocn.ne.jp
Jubilee 2000 Fukuoka, 3-7-16 Shimofutanishi Onga-gun Mizumaki-machi, Fukuoka 807-0052 JAPAN Tel: +81-(0)93-202-0081 Fax:+81-(0)93-201-8398
E-mail: jubilee@windfarm.co.jp
Website: http://www.windfarm.co.jp/members/jubilee/
Status: PARC have been working on debt for a number of years. They linked up with JICHIRO-RENGO (a Trade Union) and a number of organisations to launch the Jubilee 2000 Campaign in the Autumn 1998. They have since built a broad network of organisations in support of Jubilee 2000 and have produced pamphlets, postcards and Japanese petitions. In November 1998, the campaign participated in a major international conference on Africa (TICAD –II) with a focus on debt. They organised a human chain in Tokyo during the Global Week of action on debt in June 1999, and have had some successful media coverage. In the first 6 months of 2000, they held a series of public meetings, press conferences and have rapidly increased awareness of the campaign in Japan. They held a highly successful International Conference in July 2000 and two demonstrations in Okinawa's main cities during the G8 Summit in Okinawa, Japan.
Kenya
Contact: Prof Wangari Maathai, Co-ordinator, Kenya Interfaith Debt Campaign, c/o Greenbelt Movement, PO Box 67545, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: 00254 2 571 523 Fax:00254 2 504 264 Email: gbm@iconnect.co.ke
Margaret W. Githendu , The Secretary Jubilee 2000 Nairobi Chapter, P.O Box 66477 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel 002542 47332/440668 Fax: 002542 440669 Email:jubilee@kivulini.africaonline.com
Status: Several organisations including the Greenbelt Movement, churches, NGOs and women’s organisations came together in Kenya to launch the Jubilee 2000 AfricaCampaign in Nairobi in 1998. In Autumn 1999, the Jubilee 2000 Nairobi and the Kenya Jubilee 2000 Africa Campaign came together to form the Kenya Interfaith Debt Campaign under the auspices of the Greenbelt Movement. The new organisation includes women groups, youth groups, church clergy, businessmen and women as well as NGOs. It is also supported by 49 Members of Parliament. They continue to organise activities regularly including seminars and workshops as well as processions, despite occasional repression by police forces.
Korea
Contact: Dr. Samuel Lee Professor of Philosophy, Christian Institute of Social Studies, Sang Do Dong 1-1, Seoul, Korea 156-743
Tel: (0)2-820-0803,0372 Fax:(0)2-813-5069 Email: ciss@saint.soongsil.ac.kr
Status: The Korean Jubilee 2000 campaign has an official launch on the 15th June, after a seminar on debt led by Professor Samuel Lee of Soong Sil University. Professor Lee is the Director of International Bureau of National Council of Churches of Korea and also Executive member of the World Council of Churches. The national coalition of Jubilee 2000 in Korea includes NCC Korea, left Trade Unions, NGOs.
Malawi
Contact: Francis Ng’ambi, Malawi Jubilee 2000 Campaign, The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace,Episcopal Conference of Malawi,P. O. Box 30384,
Lilongwe, Malawi Tel: 265-743-59l/265-83l-907 Fax: 265-743--604 and 265-782-019
Email: ecmccjp@malawi.net
Status: Malawi Jubilee 2000 Coalition was initiated by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) which led to the formation of the National Executive Committee in mid December 1998. The coalition involves clergymen, women leaders, journalists, academics and representatives of political parties. They have been collecting petitions and lobbied hard for recognition of Malawi's debt problems - the pressure succeeded in leading to Malawi's inclusion for eligibility for debt relief in the HIPC debt initiative.
Mali
Contact: Sekou Diarra, Mali National Jubilee 2000 Coalition, BP 2119, Bamako, Mali
Tel.: (223) 21 59 49 Fax (223) 21 55 78 E-mail: aidchrist@malinet.ml
M Sada, Groupe de Recherche et d’Applic.Techniques (GRAT), B. P Box 2502, Bamako, Mali Tel: 00-223-224341 Fax: 00-223-22-43-41
Status: Several Mali organisations including GRAT prepared a paper for the Jubilee 2000 Afrika Conference. Following they initiated a major campaign including workshops across the country and a major petition drive. They have developed a strong and innovative campaign - in late 1999 they organised a Jubilee football cup that publicised the message of debt cancellation to many regions in the country. On July 15th 2000, they launched a new music 'Drop the Debt' album with the Malian singer Jah Issouh.Malta
Contact: Vince Caruana, Kopin (Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali), Koperattiva Kummerc Gust, c/o 9/9, Old Bakery Street, Valletta, Malta Tel: +356 491373
Email: kopinmalta@email.com ; koperazzjoni@email.com
Status: A coalition of organisations in Malta, led by Koperazzjoni Internazzjonali, have been collecting petition signatures. During the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in Malta in September 2000, they issued a press release and statement calling for urgent debt cancellation for the world's poor.Mauritius / Madagascar
Contact: Hemsing Hurrynag, Development Indian Ocean Network (DION), Merrytown, Helvetia, St Pierre, Mauritius Tel: 230-433-0l07 fax: 230-670-0l70
Email: dionet@intnet.mu
Status: DION is a network of civil society organisations across the islands of Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros, Reunion and the Seychelles. Inspired by the Pope's backing of the campaign, they have initiated a campaign and will hold a major conference on debt in August 2000.
Mexico
Contact: Martín Hernández, Jubilee 2000, SICSAL, Patricio Sanz 449, Col. Del Valle, C.P. 03100, D.F. Tel/Fax. 52 5 523 9582 Email: sicsal@laneta.apc.org
Ignacio Román, ITESO, Periférico Sur 8585, Tlaquepaque Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Tel. +52 3 669 3493 Ext 3172 Fax. +52 3 669 3493 E-mail: iroman@iteso.mx
Status: Secretariado Internacional Cristiano de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de América "Mons. Oscar A. Romero" (SICSAL) is running the Jubilee 2000 Campaign in Mexico. Its president is the bishop of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Samuel García. One of its co-presidents is Pedro Casáldaliga. They have so far collected 171, 095 signatures and published books on debt, neoliberalism and globalization.
Mozambique
Contacts: Milissao Nuvunga, Mozambique Jubilee 2000 Initiative, c/o DAVIDA, Avenida Ahmed Sekou Towa, 1957 C.P. 2223, Maputo, Mozambique. Tel: (258) 143 0485/6 Email: divida@zebra.uem.mz
Sergio Massinga, Jubilee 2000 AFRICAPAIGN-SASHLINK Project Mozambique Coalition, c/o JUVENAL, CP 4778, Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: 00 258 1 305321 Fax: 00 258 1 421671 (FAO Sergio Massinga, JUVENAL)
Email: lhuvuko@hotmail.com
Pedro Joaquim Manjaze, Jubilee 2000 Africampaign Mozambique Coalition, c/o International Relations Secretariat of OTM, Rua Manuel de Sousa No 36, Maputo, Mozambique Tel: 00 258 1 426753 Fax: 00 258 1 421671
Status: Much of the debt work in Mozambique is centred around the work of Mozambique Debt Network. JUVENAL is a Mozambiquan youth and student group which is working with a specific focus on the Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign. They are currently building a coalition of organisations in support of the campaign. OTM is the major Trade Union federation involved in building Jubilee 2000 in Mozambique. The two organisations also participate in the Mozambique Debt Network.
Namibia
Contacts: Christo Lombard, Co-ordinator, Jubilee 2000 Namibia Coalition, c/o Ecumenical Inisitute for Namibia, Tel: 264 61 206 36466 fax: 264 61 206 3636
E-mail: clombard@mail.unam.na
Status: The Jubilee 2000 Namibia Campaign was launched in Namibia on Africa Day, 25 May 2000. It was set up by the Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Institute for Namibia, which is part of the University of Namibia. It is now being financed and administered by the Ecumenical Institute. They have already organised a debt awareness and petition campaign to alert Namibians of the need to campaign on behalf of fellow African countries that are highly indebted. They have collected 7,000 signatures so far.
Netherlands
Contacts: Greetje Witte-Rang and Hester Hubbeling. Jubilee 2000 Netherlands, c/o Oikos, P.O.Box 19170, 3501 DD Utrecht, Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 30 231 9424 Fax: 00 31 30 2364903.
Email: jubilee@oikos.antenna.nl ; wemos@wemos.nl
Website: http://www.antenna.nl/oikos/jubileehome.html or http://www.wemos.nl/ecopol/jubilee.htm
Status: The Dutch campaign was initiated by the health NGO Wemos. They have linked up with a number of organisations and the Secretariat is now based at OIKOS. They publicly launched as a coalition on the 11th December and have committed themselves to collecting 270,000 signatures for the G8 Summit in Cologne. They organised a boat that took petitions and campaigners from Netherlands down the Rhine to Cologne. In 2000, they have focused on the Dutch Government and called for them to exert their pressure on the IMF and World Bank.
New Zealand
Contact: Robert Reid, Jubilee 2000/Debt Action Network, c/o CWS, PO Box 22-652, Christchurch, New Zealand Tel: 03 366 9274 Fax: 03 365 2919
Email: gsouthey@actrix.gen.nz ; cws@christianworldservice.org.nz
Status: Jubilee 2000 New Zealand/ Debt Action Network has brought together several agencies including the churches and aid agencies to promote the Jubilee 2000 Campaign. They have a newsletter and have presented 10,000 signatures to the New Zealand Government.
Nicaragua:
Contact: Cirilo Otero, Grupo Propositivo de Cabildeo (GPC), Jardines de Veracruz D-20, Managua, Nicaragua Tel: 289 7630 Email: gpcnic@ibw.com.ni
Rev. Victoria Cortez, Jubileo 2000, Delcor, Las Piedrecitas, Managua, Apartado Postal 151. Tel. 00 505 266-4467 Fax. 00 505 266-4609
E-mail: luterana@nicarao.org.ni
Status: GPC is a network of 10 organisations committed to sustainable development. It is calling for the cancellation of debt to sustainable levels and is keen to work with Jubilee 2000. It seeks to inform organisations about the debt and promote policy changes including the involvement of civil society in Nicaraguan development plans.
Nigeria
Contact: Skidd Ikemefuna, Plot 279-2, Gbagada Express Rd., Phase One, Lagos, Nigeria. E-mail: skidd@rcl.nig.com
Rev David Ugolor, 61, 2nd Comentry Rd, Uzebu Quarters, PO Box 301, Benin city, Edo State, Nigeria Tel: 234-52-258748 FX 234-52- 250668 email: aneej@rcl.nig.com
Status: The Nigeria Jubilee 2000 Campaign have held regular campaign meetings following the launch of the Jubilee 2000 Afrika Campaign. They linked up with Nigerian musicians to promote the campaign, and have received substantial media coverage particularly after a meeting was established between Ann Pettifor, Director of Jubilee 2000 Coalition UK and the newly elected President Obasanjo in September 1999.
Since May 2000 the National Campaign has expanded to include vibrant working chapters in Lagos and Abuja. The Campaign is now supported by university students, Labour orgnaisations, the national organisation of top Nigerian musicians, members of the National Assembly, individual state governors, womens groups, as well as members of the clergy. The Debt Campaign continues to receive a high level of media coverage. Since May 2000, the Campaign has collected over 1 million signatures.
Norway
Contact: Petter Hveem, The Norwegian Campaign for Cancellation of Third World Debt, Aksjon Slett U-landsgjelda, Storgt. 11, N-0155 OSLO, Norway Telephone: +47-23010317 Telefax: +47-23010303
Email: slug@forumfor.no Website: http://www.forumfor.no
Status: Jubilee campaign involves a network of 55 groups called Norwegian Campaign for Debt Cancellation - includes churches, student groups, YMCA, Norwegian Church Aid. Has already collected 90,000 petition signatures and put pressure on the new Norwegian Government which focused around a debate on debt in May 1998. This succeeded in pressurising the Government to agree to unilateral debt relief in addition to the current HIPC debt initiative. They continue to raise awareness and sustain pressure on their Government to push for further progress on debt cancellation at the international level.
Pakistan
Contact: Aftab Alexander Mughal, Jubilee 2000 Pakistan Campaign, c/o Justice and Peace Commission, GPO Box 175, Naqshband Colony, Chowk Rashid Abad, Multan, PAKISTAN Tel: 92 61 220482 Fax: 92 61 220580 Email: nidda@brain.net.pk
Status: The Jubilee 2000 campaign was launched in Lahore on January 1999 by the Justice and Peace Commission of Pakistan. Since then they have linked up with over 400 NGOs and held workshops throughout Pakistan including Multan, Karachi, Peshawar and Hyderabad. They handed in over 50,000 signatures via a delegation to Cologne on 19th June, and have since focused on the Pakistan's Government responsibility for investing resources in social sectors as well as calling on the Japanese Government to take a lead on debt cancellation at their Summit in Okinawa.
Peru
Contact: Ismael Muñoz, one of the three Latin American coordinators, Red Peru Jubileo 2000, c/o Instit. Bartolome de Las Casas, Belisario Flores 687, Lince, Lima 14, Peru
Tel: 472 3410/ 470 9088 Fax: 00 51 472 5853 Email: ismael@bcasas.org.pe
Status: Jubilee 2000 was launched publicly in Peru the 10th of March 1999 with strong support from more than 70 organisations, such as churches, popular organisation, NGOs and others. The campaign has secured a high profile in the Peruvian media. It had a strong focus on collecting petition signatures at which it reached an incredible total of more than 1.7 million signatures. It has followed this up with extensive education workshops and forums to look at how to ensure resources are released into social spending. It held a week of action on debt in July 2000.
Philippines
Contact: Philippine Jubilee 2000 Campaign, Freedom from Debt Coalition, 34 Matiyaga St, Central District, Quezon City 1101 Philippines Tel: 632 9211985/ 4335537 Fax: 632 9246399 Email: campaigns@fdc.org.ph
Francisco Pascual, Resource Center for People's Development (RCPD), 24 Mapang-akit Street, Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Tel: (632) 436 18 31 Email: rcpd@info.com.ph
Status: The Freedom from Debt Coalition is one of the most experienced campaigns on debt. They are coordinating the Jubilee 2000 initiative and promoting it to their 300 membership organisations. The campaign in particular focuses on calling for the immediate repeal of a law which allows for automatic appropriations for debt service.
RCPD is the secretariat of the Philippine Asian Campaign Against Debt that links up with other campaigns against debt in Asia and also works on agriculture and WTO.
Poland
Contact: Wojciech Zieba, Jubileusz 2000, Ruch Solidarnosci z Ubogimi, Trzeciego Swiata MAITRI, Parafia Najswietszego Serca Jezusowego, ul. Mireckiego 3, 80-245 Gdansk, POLAND
Tel: ++58/3455 100 (Teresa Zieba 3435 985), Fax: ++58/341 8503
Email: maitri@mail.emit.pl, sterling@edukacja.com Website: http://www.emit.pl/jubileusz2000
Dr Jacek Wójcik, Jubileusz 2000, Ruch Solidarnosci z Ubogimi Trzeciego
Swiata MAITRI, Parafia sw. Stanislawa Biskupa Meczennika, ul. Bema
73/75, 01-244 Warszawa POLAND Tel/ Fax: ++22/631 9100
Katolickie Stowarzyszenie Mlodziezy Diecezji Zielonogorsko-Gorzowskiej,
ks. Zbigniew Kucharski - asystent diecezjalny, ul. Aliny 7, 65-329
Zielona Góra, tel. ++68/320-72-96
Status: The Polish Jubilee 2000 Campaign was launched in September 1998 with the support of a Polish Jubilee 2000 supporter based in the UK. MAITRI - The Movement of Solidarity with the Poor of the Third World, is a Catholic church movement. Maitri within the framework of Jubileusz 2000 coordinates activities of over a dozen NGO's in Poland. Katolickie Stowarzyszenie Mlodziezy (Catholic Youth Association) is active independently.
Portugal
Contact: Jose Rebelo, Missionarios Combonianos, Revistas Além-Mar e Audácia, Calç. Eng. Miguel Pais, 9, 1200 LISBOA, Portugal.
Fax: 00 351 1 3970344 Email: valentim.g@usa.net
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Centro de Estudos Sociais, Apartado 3087, 3001-401 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL Phone:Trab./office (351 - 239) 855570/80 Fax. (351 - 239) 855589 Email: bsantos@gemini.ci.uc.pt
Status: Missionarios Combonianos has been promoting Jubilee 2000 through
the Catholic Misssionary Press (Missão Press) and the Missionary Institutes. They are collecting signatures to submit to the World Bank and IMF. They have started to link up with other organisations such as OIKOS - Development & Cooperation. OIKOS have produced a booklet "A Interminável Dívida do Terceiro Mundo", to explain the problem to the school children.
El Salvador
Contact: Catherine Arata, Comisión de Justicia y Paz, Confres, El Salvador.
Colonia Centro América, Calle Centro América # 146, Tel. 00 503 226 0829,
Status: Their main work is concentrated on collecting petition signatures.
Senegal
Contact: Demba Dembele, Jubilee 2000 Senegal, c/o CONGAD, Sicap Amitie 1, Villa 3089 bis, BP 4109, Dakar, Senegal
Tel: 221 24 41 16 Fax: 221 24 44 13 Email: jubilee.dk2000@sentoo.sn
Status: The Senegal campaign has been active raising awareness on debt. They are preparing a major international conference in Dakar in December 2000.
South Africa
Contact: Teboho Klaas, National Co-ordinator, Jubilee 2000 South Africa Campaign, Sangoco Offices, 10th Floor, Auckland House, Po Box 31471, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017, South Africa. Tel: 27 11 403 7624 fax: 27 11 403 8703, Cell. 082 956 4845
Neville Gabriel, Jubilee 2000 South Africa, 43 Fraser Street
HOWICK, 3290 South Africa Tel. +27 (0)33 330 8162 Cell. +27 (0)83 449 3934 E-mail: j2000sec@sn.apc.org Website: http://www.aidc.org.za/j2000/index.html.
Status: The AIDC together with a growing number of groups in the South African National NGOs have been campaigning on Apartheid debt. They have produced leaflets and a book "Challenging Apartheid’s Foreign Debt". They linked up with several national organisations to launch the Campaign. To mark the launch, Archbishop Ndungane (Patron of Jubilee 2000) and poet Denis Brutus (both former prisoners on Robben Island) walked with chains through Capetown securing considerable media coverage. In November 1999, they hosted a South-South Summit of southern Jubilee 2000 campaigns.
Spain
Contacts: Eva san Martin, Deuda Externa, Deuda Eterna 2000, c/o Manos Unidas Barquillo 38 -2, 28004 Madrid (Tel: 00 34 91 308 20 20, Fax: 00 34 91 308 42 08 Email: doc_munidas@seker.es Website: http://www3.planalfa.es/deudaexterna/Oficina RCADE de Madrid:
c/ Magnolias, 35 bis, bajos, 28029 Madrid Tf.: 913145648
prensa07@nodo50.org Website: www.RCADE.org
Oficina RCADE estatal
c/ Princesa 6
08003 Barcelona Tf.: 933106904 oficina@menta.net
Status: Four organisations including Justicia y Paz, Manos Unidas, Confer, Caritas combined together to launch the Jubilee 2000 Campaign on 30th September 1998. The title is "Año 2.000. Libertad para mil millones de personas" (Year 2.000. Freedom for one thousand million people). They are promoting the campaign to many other organisations and have received the support of over 70 organisations. They produced materials including a study book and collected over 1 million petition signatures. They have one and a half staff, Jaime Atienza and Eva San Martin in a Secretariat but have a loose decentralised structure to encourage active participation at grassroots. All the regions come together on campaigning actions at key moments - in November 1999 they held demonstrations in 20 cities.
General coordination: Eva San Martin (Manos unidas)
Tel: 34 1 308 20 20 Fax: 34 1 308 42 08 E-mail:doc_munidas@seker.es
Press coordination: Jose Luis Corretje (Caritas Española)
Tel: 34 1 444 10 18 Fax: 34 1 593 48 82 E-mail: promoc@caritas-espa.org
Studies coordinator: Jaime Atienza Azcona (Manos Unidas)
Tel: 34 1 308 20 20 Fax: 34 1 308 42 08
E-mail: jaazcona@eucmax.sim.ucm.esRCADE is a citizens' network working for debt cancellation, that organised a referendum in which more than 1 million voted for debt cancellation in 1999.
Sri Lanka
Contacts: Mr. Vincent Kurumbapitiya , Sri Lanka Jubilee 2000 Coalition, c/o MONLAR, 14 Eliot Place, Colombo 8, SRI LANKA Tel: 01-674685 & 074-617576
Fax: 01-674685 e-mail : monlar@sltnet.lk
Status: The Sri Lanka Coalition for a debt free start for a billion people was launched in 1999. It has brought together a broad range of civil society in support of the Jubilee 2000 campaign including different faith groups, land reform movements, green organisations, parliamentarians, trade unions and artists. They are actively promoting the petition.
Swaziland
Contact: Mawethu Vilana, SWAYOCO President, Cosatu House-sacp, 7th Floror, CNR Bicccards & Leyds Street, Braamgotien, Johannesburg, South Africa. Tel: 27 11 403 2122. Fax: 27 11 403 1948. E-mail: Mawethu@naledi.org.za
Sweden
Contacts: Lars-olof Hellgren, Jubel 2000, Svartbacksgatan 1 B, 4tr 75120
Uppsala, Sweden Tel: 46 18 15 3450 Fax: 46 18 148505
Email: office@jubel.org
Website: http://www.jubel.org
Status: On Dec 11 1997, the Coalition for "Jubilee 2000. A debt-free start for a billion people" was formed in Stockholm with 23 participating organisations. In February 2000 the Coalition transformed into a Network with 33 participating organisations including the churches, the Trade Union Association TCO, solidarity movements, aid organisations like Save the Children, Christian Peace Movement, political and youth movements. The chairperson of the steering group is Margaretha Ringström, of the Swedish Church. Charlotta Hyllenius is Campaign Coordinator (lotta@jubel.org , 18 14 8501), and Lars-Olof Hellgren is National Manager (loh@jubel.org ).
They launched the campaign and signature collection on Jan 31 1998 with open air meetings. The activities have been built around three pillars; knowledge (deepened within the organisations and spread to a wide public via for example the educational material for schools and the web page); mobilisation and south-cooperation. The campaign is actively supported by the Archbishop who has had joint meetings with the Prime Minister on the debt issue. They sent a large delegation by train to Cologne with over 200 000 signatures.
Tanzania
Contact: Rev. Dr. Fidon Mwombeki, Jubilee 2000 AfricaCampign Tanzania Coalition, c/o ELCT P.O. Box 3033,Arusha, Tanzania Tel: 255 578 8558 Fax: 255 578 8558
Email: ELCTHQ@habari.co.tz
Rosemary Nyerere Mwamakula, Tel: 255 81 785 800 Fax: 255 51 112 790
Email: rmwamakula@hotmail.com
Status: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania has organised a national Jubilee 2000 Coalition which includes NGOs, Trade Unions and Muslim organisations. They have also been active in collecting signatures for the Jubilee 2000 Petition. Rosemary Nyerere, daughter of the late Mwalimu Nyerere (former President of Tanzania) has been an active campaigner, most recently attending the Tribute to Nyerere held in London in March 2000.
Togo
Contact: Same Djobo, National Coordinator, Jubilee 2000 Togo, GRADSE/PHCI, Groupe de Recherche-Action pour le Développement Socio-Economique en vue de la Promotion Humaine et de la Coopération Internationale, BP 318 Sokodé, Togo
Tel +228-50 05 66 Email: cfae-sos@bibway.com
Malcolm Komi Tsakadi, BP 1258 Lome, Togo. Tel: 216323 (Bur) or Tel: 22 35 47( Dom) Fax: 21 88 96 Email: ktsakadi@caramail.com
Status: A national coalition was formed by more than 50 people, representing different NGOs, Churches, and Civil Society Organisations in Kara, Togo on October 27. The coalition will be led by GRADSE/PHCI, Groupe de Recherche-Action pour le Développement Socio-Economique en vue de la Promotion Humaine et de la Coopération Internationale. The event was well covered in national and local mass media (TV and Radio).
Uganda:
Contact: Zie Gariyo, Uganda Debt Network, Plot 424 Mawanda Road - Kamwokya
P.O.Box 21509 Kampala, Uganda Tel; 256-41-543974 Fax: 534856
Email: udn@infocom.co.ug Website: http://www.uganda.co.ug/debt
Status: Uganda Debt Network has been actively promoting the Jubilee 2000 campaign and participated in the Jubilee 2000 Afrika Launch. They distributed 40,000 newspapers with information about the campaign to coincide with Clinton’s visit to Africa and had a major launch in October 1998 which involved a march of 1000 people across Kampala. They have since held regular education workshops around the country, held an anti-corruption week in October, and successfully lobbied parliament to control future borrowing.
United Kingdom
Contact: Nick Buxton, Jubilee 2000 Coalition, 1 Rivington St, London EC2A 3DT
Tel: +(0)171 739 1000 Fax: +(0)171 739 2300 Email: mail@jubilee2000uk.org Website: http://www.jubilee2000uk.org
Status: The Jubilee 2000 campaign started actively in 1996 and became a coalition in October 1997. It is now a coalition of over 90 national organisations including churches, aid agencies, trade unions, women’s organisations, black community groups and the music industry.
They have built a large popular base to the campaign which was demonstrated when 70,000 people came to form a human chain around the G8 Summit in May 1998 in Birmingham. This resulted in the backing of the campaign by members of all political parties in Parliament. As one of the largest coalitions, they play a key role in sharing information about the campaign internationally.
USA
Contacts: Jubilee 2000/USA, 222 East Capitol St., NE, Washington, DC 20003-1036, USA Tel: 202-783-3566 Fax: 202-546-4468 Email: coord@j2000usa.org http://www.j2000usa.org/introusa.html
Jubilee 2000 Northwest Coalition, Hanna Petros, 7500 Greenwood Ave N, Suite 414
Seattle WA 98103, USA, tel: 206 297 03 11 fax: 206 297 96 24
email: ustawi@ustawi.org
Status: Jubilee 2000 was launched at the G7 Summit in June at Denver. It was set up under the auspices of the Religious Working Group on the World Bank and the IMF. Dan Driscoll-Shaw is Co-ordinator and David Bryden is working on grassroots education. They printed an excellent basic popular education package, organised a mass fast across the country and lobbied Congress with some success in Autumn 1999 and June 2000. Across the country a number of regional/state coalitions have been established to promote the campaign.
One of the State coalitions is the Jubilee 2000 Northwest Coalition which organised a human chain of 30,000 people at the opening reception of the WTO in November 1999.
Venezuela
Contact: Maria Cristina Iglesias, Pueblos sin Deuda, Av.Montevideo,5ta Plaza, Los Caobos, Caracas. Tel. +582 272 2419 E-mail: mciglesias@hotmail.com
Oscar Misle, CECODAP (Por los Derechos de la Infancia y Adolescencia), Qta.
El Papagayo, Av. Orinoco, Bello Monte (Norte), Chacaito, Caracas, Apartado
Postal 63171, Caracas 1067-A, Tel +582 951 4079/952 6269/7279 Fax +582 951
5841 E-mail: derechamos@cecodap.org.ve Website: www.cecodap.org.ve
Rodolfo Romero, UTAL (Universidad de los Trabajadores de America Latina),
Apartado 6681, Caracas 1010-A. Tel +582 372 0878/1549 Fax. +582
372-0463/1729 E-mail: utal@telcel.net.veZambia
Contact: Chrispin Mphuka, Jubilee 2000 Zambia Campaign, c/o JESUIT CENTRE FOR THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION, P.O. Box 37774 10101 Lusaka, Zambia
Tel: 260-1-290-410 Fax: 260-1-290-759
E-mail: debtjctr@zamnet.zm
Web Page: http://www.jctr.org.zm
Status: In cooperation with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection coordinates Jubilee 2000-Zambia and links to national and international debt campaigns. On 22 May 1999 a "Freedom from Debt" event was held in six cities across Zambia. 300,000 signatures (45% from rural areas) were sent to Cologne, Germany. A three-day regional conference was held in May 1999 with representatives from 14 African countries issuing the "Lusaka Declaration"; a follow-up meeting was held in August in Nairobi to move the African consensus further, rejecting HIPC and ESAF. The CCJP/JCTR Debt Project held a strategy meeting in August to involve many different NGOs in promoting debt cancellation through their constituencies and programmes. Special attention is now being paid to put in place a "debt mechanism" involving civil society, Parliament and government ministries to assure that resources from debt cancellation go towards poverty eradication. Excellent media coverage has assured that Zambians know about Jubilee 2000 and are pressuring for effective and equitable debt cancellation.
Zimbabwe
Contact: Kilron Dembe, Jubilee 2000 Zimbabwe Campaign, c/o Zimbabwe Council of Churches, PO Box 3566, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel: +263 4 572063 Fax: +263 4 773650
Joshua Nyapimbi, J2000 AFRICAMPAIGN Performing Arts Initiative, PO Box 3036, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Tel: 00263 0968931 Fax: 00263 0968931
Sydney Njovana, UZ Jubilee 2000 Campaign Team, PO Box MP949, Mount Pleasant Post Office, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel:- 2634 308171 (ask to speak to Gabriel Choga)
Email:- jubilee2000@compcentre.uz.ac.zw
Phonet Gwapedza, Muti Wedzidzo, Zimbabwe Email: phonetg@hotmail.com
Status: The Zimbabwe Jubilee 2000 campaign was launched in the autumn by the Zimbabwean Council of Churches. They played a major role in ensuring that debt featured high on the agenda of the World Council of Churches meeting in Harare in December 1998. The UZ Jubilee 2000 campaign team has been actively promoting the campaign in universities in Zimbabwe.
Last updated: 18 December 2000
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