AS a supporter of Make Poverty History, it's been amazing for me to see the effect it's had on those in power when so many of us come together to make our voices heard.
A quarter of a million people took to the streets of Edinburgh in July to demand more and better aid, debt cancellation, and trade justice from the G8.
The result was some progress on aid and debt but nothing much on trade. If we really want to make poverty history, we need trade justice.
On November 2, thousands of supporters, including myself, descended on Parliament to take part in a Mass Lobby for trade Justice. We demanded that MPs pressure the UK Government to deliver real change for the world's poorest people.
World trade rules rob poor countries of £1.3billion a day -- 14 times what they get in aid.
As our Government prepares for major international trade talks in December, now is the time to make our democratic voices heard -- calling for trade justice not free trade.
When just one person travels to Westminster to speak to their MP it makes an impact.
When thousands confront hundreds of MPs simultaneously it results in change. It's democracy -- live and direct.
We can't just carry on letting 30,000 children a day die as a result of poverty!
Visit www.tjm.org.uk and make sure your MP knows how vital trade justice is to making poverty history.
KWAME KWEI-ARMAH, Christian Aid Trade Justice Ambassador on behalf of Make Poverty History.
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