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G8 – what’s in your suitcase?
On July 7th, leaders of eight of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful nations – the G8 – will pack their suitcases and travel to Hokkaido, Japan for their annual meeting.
Every year they meet, and every year they make resolutions, which they then promptly fail to meet.
This year GCAP is joining the G8 leaders in Hokkaido to ensure they make the right decisions, and to remind them that words are not enough. In our suitcase we have packed demands on Aid, Climate Change, Education and Health and the supporting wishes of people in G8 countries and elsewhere who joined our Tanabata action demanding Action Now: End Poverty and Inequality .
On July 3rd, in various events in some of the G8 countries, we will be pressing these wishes into the hands of government leaders going to the G8, to make sure that their suitcases carry the right contents en route to their annual talks.
During the G8 summit in Japan GCAP will take part in the alternative civil society summit, bring the voices of people living in poverty to the meeting and hand over the full petition.
Check our blog for more updates during the meeting or subscribe to our G8 RSS feed.
…and if you haven’t joined already, take action now!
