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In the summer of 2005, 36 million people in over 70 countries asked world leaders to put an end to poverty. Two billion people across the world tuned in to watch Live 8 and a quarter of a million people marched across Edinburgh to make their voices heard. They asked the leaders of the world's richest countries to drop the debts of poor countries, give more and better quality help to countries that need it, and to make trade fair. In the summer of 2005, the leaders of the world's richest countries (known as the G8) met in a hotel near Edinburgh to discuss what to do about poverty and other issues. They made some very important promises that could actually change the world. But two years later, have they kept their promises? The following article tells you what world leaders promised to do, and whether, one year on, they had actually achieved it, When is a promise not a promise? (69KB PDF) The Make Poverty History campaign was basically about three key problems: Trade, Aid and Debt. Click on the articles below to find out more about them.
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Introduction || What does Oxfam do? || Changing the world through Oxfam's campaigns || How did Oxfam start? || Why are some countries poor? || Who works for Oxfam? || Examples of Oxfam's work|| What can you do?
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