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2007 is a vital year for GCAP with mass mobilisations planned throughout the year. It is down to each and every one of us to work through GCAP to end the injustices that cause poverty and inequality in the North and South.
GCAP is nothing more than the volunteer actions taken by women and men at all levels. If you want to get involved:
Contact your national coalition
GCAP groups have formed country-based coalitions in more than 100 countries. If there is no national coalition in your country, take the initiative and build a broad-based civil society coalition against poverty and inequality. Contact us if you need support.
Act on October 17
- Guinness Record: 24 hours of mobilization around the world. Stand Up and Speak Out starts with you! Become a volunteer organiser and check out Stand Against Poverty website
- Poverty Requiem: An initiative for choirs and singers led by Oxfam Novib. Choirs in dozens of countries will perform this specially written song on October 17. Check out the Poverty Requiem website
- Banners against Poverty: The Australian GCAP coalition and others will be producing banners which will come together on October 17 to create a highly visual image of the fight against poverty and inequality. Check out the Banners Against Poverty website
- International Women’s Tribunals on Poverty: an initiative from the GCAP Feminist Task Force. With 70% of the world’s poor being women, the Tribunals will serve to inform and present testimony on the conditions of women worldwide.
- Delegations to Political Decision Makers: National coalitions will nominate small delegations to visit their heads of state or other political leaders on 17 October. These delegations will speak out and will be supported through the media and by the people.
- Sign up the call to action to end extreme poverty.
Give a hand to the regional and global GCAP focal points
Those are very small teams that always need additional support:
- Event support and coordination
- Translations
- Graphic design
- Web work
- Media work
- Etc
Spread the word around you
- Download internal letters and GCAP reports and documents, GCAP materials and logos
- Learn GCAP news and Releases, and surf on GCAP sites
- Use the mobilisation toolkit 2007
- Use the campaign tools and the MDG campaigning toolkit
- Learn on accountability, aid, debt, trade and gender
- See the Photo Gallery
- Subscribe to the newsletter, Join as a partner organisation or Post an event
Find out more volunteer opportunities
- See the joint CIVICUS, IAVE and UNV call for volunteer involvement in the STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT
against Poverty and inequality - Check out the worldvolunteerweb.org
