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2 The Link Magazine • May 2005
Protestors make time to call on governments to Make Poverty History
One hundred and fifty people walked into Swindon town centre from all points of the compass to forma ring of humanity around the Jubilee
Clockwell on 9 April to express their views that rich countries should make poverty a thing of the past before the 21st Century gets any older.
People from churches across the from North Swindon MP Michael rally aimed to put more pressure Event organiser Barbara Aftelak
town and members of local Wills and Liberal Democrat elec- on the British Government. said, "we made our point to many
branches of Oxfam, Amnesty In- tion candidate Mike Evemy. "Gordon Brown has asked for as Saturday shoppers, sadly others
ternational and the World Devel- Rev Steven Skinner, vicar of much pressure as possible to be ignored the issue.
opment Movement heard speeches Holy Trinity Chuch, Shaw said the applied so that world leaders can- "In July world leaders gather in
not turn away from the issue. Edinburgh to discuss the world
"Somebody dies every 3 seconds economy. There will be coaches to
as a result of poverty, 11 million a take Swindon people to a large
year; the rich countries have it in demonstration."
their power to change how poor FordetailscallBarbaraon536815.
countries are treated." www.makepoverty history.org
The delegation from churches in West Swindon getting the message acre

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