Germany

National Website:  www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de (German)

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National Coalition: "Deine Stimme gegen Armut"

For more information, or to get involved, please contact Ulrich Schlenker, Co-ordinator, +49-30-24632105, u.schlenker@venro.org.

The brochure "Campaigns, Impressions, Politics 2005 - 2007" is a documentation about the work of GCAP Germany in the past three years. Download English Version (2,5 mb; published Feb. 2008). A German Version is available in digital or printed version.

2008 Events

Hand-over of New Year's Card to Japanese Embassy

A traditional New Year's Card to the Japanese Government was handed over on January 29 to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin.

Dorothy Ngoma, Executive director of National Nurses and Midwives Association of Malawi handed over the Postcard to Minister Mr Yoshinori Fujiyama, Director of Economic, Social and Development Affairs Division on behalf of GCAP Germany. The text on the card calls the Japanese Government to use the G8 presidency to fight global poverty. Similar cards were sent by other GCAP platforms in most of the G8 countries.

2005 Events

WHITE BAND DAY II - September 2005

On Friday September 9th, for the second White Band Day, the German GCAP coalition, “Deine Stimme Gegen Armut” presented to Chancellor Schröder the 300,000 names that they have collected this year. Reinhard Hermle requested that the Chancellor personally calls for greater and renewed efforts to meet the MDGs at the UN Summit in New York.

Throughout the year, campaign supporters have given their “voices against poverty” by adding signatures and messages to giant white bands at events and campaign moments around the country this year. On September 9th, hundreds of these activists also came together in front of the Bundestag and joined the pieces of signed white material together to form a 800 meter long white band, calling for world leaders to do more to end poverty now.

Thousands of German citizens displayed large white bands and campaigning at festivals and cultural events in regions across Germany on September 10th.

Photo gallery

More information on WBD II (German)

WHITE BAND DAY I - JULY 2005

Photo gallery from White Band day I – July 2005

More information on WBD I (German)

BACKGROUND

“Deine Stimme gegen Armut”, the German platform of GCAP, was launched officially on 31st March 2005 with a press conference in Berlin where VENRO and singer Herbert Grönemeyer as representative of a group of prominent supporters presented a TV-Spot. The Slogan “Deine Stimme gegen Armut” is the request to raise the one’s voice against poverty.

The campaign is situated at the offices of VENRO, Germany's NGO umbrella organisation.

In Germany the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" campaign calls on people to raise their voices to end poverty. Celebrity support for the campaign includes Herbert Grönemeyer, Bono and Claudia Schiffer. You can buy campaign t-shirts online, and add a banner to your website to promote the campaign. Visit the site now to find out more: www.deine-stimme-gegen-armut.de