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Every child deserves a family
A group of 10 EveryChild supporters presented hundreds of signatures to the Deputy Prime Minister and the International Development Secretary this week as part of an event organised by BOND to push for concrete results from the summit.
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A tiny tax on bankers that would give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad.
This tax on banks – not you or I - has the power to raise hundreds of billions every year. It could give a vital boost to the NHS, our schools, and the fight against child poverty in the UK – as well as tackling poverty and climate change around the world. Watch the video with Bill Nighy below:
EveryChild is campaigning with a range of other aid and environmental organisations; working for a Robin Hood tax together. > Go to the Robin Hood Tax website
EveryChild pushes for full implementation of new UN childcare guidelines
Following a significant campaign by children’s charities from around the world, including EveryChild,the UN General Assembly agreed to new guidelines setting out how governments can develop family-based alternatives to institutional care and services to help keep vulnerable families together. The adoption of the guidelines in November 2009 coincided with the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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DFID consultation Summer 2009
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has published a new White Paper setting out its vision for helping the world’s poorest people cope with the economic crisis.
EveryChild, along with other international children’s charities, has been calling on the Government to do more to help children who will be among those hardest hit by the recession. Many thanks to all our supporters who took the time to send their own messages to DFID during the consultation period calling on them to put children first. A detailed EveryChild response to the White Paper will be published shortly.
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Put People First 2009
Thanks to pressure from the Put People First mobilisation of over 100 organisations including EveryChild at the G20 summit the UK Government upped its rhetoric on funding for developing countries.
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