Your voice against poverty

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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the Live 8 festival

Your voice against poverty was a joint campaign by VENRO as the umbrella organization of development - political non-governmental organizations , the artist Herbert Grönemeyer and friends from the PR and media industry in Germany. The aim of the campaign and its supporters was the timely implementation of the Millennium Development Goals . With the help of concerts, public actions, protests and petitions the world's governments were to the Millennium Declaration of the United Nationsfrom 2000, according to which poverty and hunger in the world should be halved or even eliminated by 2015. With the deadline and the adoption of new sustainable development goals , the campaign was discontinued at the end of 2015 after ten years.

Your voice against poverty was the German contribution to the global campaign network Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) . In numerous English-speaking countries, the respective campaigns were known as Make Poverty History .

supporter

In addition to the founders VENRO and Herbert Grönemeyer, the campaign was supported by numerous others.

There were collaborations with Action for Global Health , Action against AIDS , Erlassjahr.de , European Alliance Against Malaria, Global Campaign for Education , Climate Alliance Germany , ONE Germany , StopEPAs, Stop Malaria Now, UN Millennium Campaign in Germany.

Numerous celebrities supported the campaign, including Roger Willemsen and Sarah Kuttner , Muhammad Yunus , Jan Josef Liefers , Sportfreunde Stiller , Michael Mittermeier , and Die Fantastischen Vier .

history

A protest march on July 2, 2005 formed a “white belt” around the center of Edinburgh

The campaign gained particular prominence in the summer of 2005 through protest marches in Edinburgh and the worldwide Live 8 concerts with an estimated 3 billion (television) viewers, which took place parallel to the G8 summit in Scotland . On June 11, 2005 in London, the finance ministers of the G8 countries decided to completely discharge 18 developing countries, including 14 African countries, and promised nine countries and “ultimately up to 20” other countries a similar procedure if the corruption in these states are effectively combated.

At the G8 summit in Heiligendamm 2007 , your voice against poverty organized a big concert on June 7th with bands, artists and personalities like Bob Geldof , Bono , Herbert Grönemeyer , Muhammad Yunus , Youssou N'Dour , Seeed , Sportfreunde Stiller , Beatsteaks , Die Toten Hosen , Jan Josef Liefers and many more. 70,000 visitors attended the concert in Rostock , the ticket cost € 2.50 processing fee.

The campaign gathered votes from thousands of people against poverty via an online form. World Vision Germany handed it over to Bernd Pfaffenbach , the responsible State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, also known as the G8 Sherpa , on July 1, 2009 .

The white ribbon symbolized the joint global campaign to overcome poverty. It was worn by supporters of the action all over the world. On special days of action - so-called White Band Days - the concern of your voice against poverty was communicated .

Web links

Commons : Make Poverty History  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Video

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Millennium Declaration of the United Nations (PDF; 76 kB)
  2. ↑ Your voice against poverty - 10 years of commitment to global justice. Global Learning Portal, 2015, accessed July 1, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c Who we are. Your Voice Against Poverty, accessed July 9, 2010 .
  4. ^ WG Peace Research at the University of Kassel: Debt relief of the G8 states
  5. ^ Loud “Voices against Poverty” on June 7th in Rostock
  6. ↑ Your voice on the way to Italy. Your vote against poverty, July 2, 2009, archived from the original on July 9, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2010 .