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Do you care about poverty and injustice in the world?
Do you want to change the way things are?
Do you want to SHOUT FOR JUSTICE?
Have you got the guts to get global? Then read on....
We spend �260 million on overseas charities, but
�5 billion on chocolate
A teenager making trainers in a Chinese factory would have to
work six days a week for 15 centuries to earn what the boss of Nike earns in a
year
Someone is killed or injured by a landmine every 15 minutes
By the year 2000, two-thirds of the world's 6 billion people
will be under 25. What if they were all to SHOUT FOR JUSTICE?
All over the world young people are at the
forefront of the fight for justice. Through CAFOD, you can get behind people like...
The gang who called themselves Narcos - druggies
- changed their name to Guardian Angels soon after arriving at mural painting workshops
for street children in Nicaragua. As older boys, they said their role was to protect the
younger ones. Porfirio Triminio, 18, now teaches painting at
the classes:
"I want to pass on the talents and confidence I've
learned to other young people."
"Working together, having faith, and sharing ideas, we
all CAN make a difference,"
says Angela Pike, who campaigns against landmines,
poverty, unfair trade and debt with friends in the West Midlands.
Ranilo Quindao, 23, was killed because he was a human
rights activist in the Philippines. The young people's fight for rights continues.
Isabelle is 21 years old and works just outside Santiago,
Chile. She has work for six months of the year, packing fruit.
"If you get pregnant, you hide it for as long as
possible, because you lose your job."
Isabelle has formed a union at her workplace so that she can work with others to
secure fairer working conditions.
"A woman in Bangladesh is worth less than a goat,"
says Babita Khatun, who at the age of ten was married to
a man who beat her when she couldn't provide a dowry. At 13 she had a baby and at 14 she
was divorced. Now 19 she is a valiant campaigner for women's rights in her community.
Sign up to SHOUT FOR JUSTICE and CAFOD will put
you in the picture...
access the world...
Twice a year you'll receive Between the Lines - the globally aware magazine written and
produced by young people for young people.
Write it, read it, pass it on.
network...
You'll be invited to the CAFOD summer camp - a unique opportunity to get together with
young people from the UK and third world countries. Previous campers have quizzed a
multinational company and made videos on tourism.
Tackle the BIGGEST issues.
mega millennium...
Want to see a FAIR DEAL FOR THE POOR by the year 2000? We'll keep you ahead of the
headlines so you can campaign with CAFOD against third world debt and exploitation of
workers.
fast action...
Raise cash for CAFOD with the annual Fast Action. You'll get packs of ideas for action and
sponsorship events.
time out...
Got time or skills on your hands? You'll get the opportunity to help out at events, be a
CAFOD contact at your college or church, or join out team of journalists and designers.
leading edge...
Are you a youth leader?
Want to introduce global justice issues with
young people?
CAFOD's Youth Office can provide:
Youth Topics - activity ideas for
groups, three times a year
 | workshops and talks
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| games, group discussion ideas, drama, role
play
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| reflection and worship resources
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| training in global youth work
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| funding for global youth projects
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| confirmation group suggestions
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Now you've read the offer, can you commit? If you think you're too small to
make a difference - you've never spent a night in a room with a mosquito!
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