Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty.

“2005 is a year of great opportunity and we can really do something to change the world and make it a better place. The time has come to stop talking and start taking some action. If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out then the noise will be deafening. Politicians will have to listen” Archbishop Desmond Tutu,

Next week the G8 Summit will take place in Gleneagles Scotland. Promises have been made to put poverty at the top of the agenda. This is our opportunity to make sure our voices are heard by the world leaders who have the power to cancel debt, deliver more and better aid, and change unfair trade rules and practices.

Along with millions of others around the world, I am wearing a white band to remind them of what they must do and waiting to see if they deliver.

Now is the time. Please do not squander this moment. Join Us!

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is a worldwide alliance committed to forcing world leaders to live up to their promises, and to make a breakthrough on poverty in 2005. A simple white band is the symbol of the campaign, by wearing one you are part of a unique worldwide effort in 2005 to end extreme poverty-you’re saying that its time to stop the deaths of more than 200,000 people every single week from preventable diseases. www.whiteband.org, www.makepovertyhistory.org

Kindest Regards

Connie

Constance Georgina Khaendi Walyaro

Citron Wood

President

Oxfam International Youth Parliament (OIYP)

Action Partner

UNOY Peacebuilders

Affiliate

Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS

East Africa Focal Point

XVI International AIDS Conference

Scientific Programme Committee Member: Track A

WSIS National Taskforce: Kenya

Youth Representative

'youth building a peaceful, equitable and sustainable world' OIYP