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The Luckiest Nut in the World

A video telling the story of a singing peanut from the US that takes a journey through Senegal, Bolivia, and Mozambique and finds out why other nuts are at a disadvantage under current trade rules. It features lively animation, music, archive footage, and documentary clips to bring to life the serious issues of unfair trade
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Poverty Unit (1.31 MB)

Powerpoint for post-16 students exploring issues connecting poverty and trade - includes case studies from CAFOD, Depaul Trust and Fairtrade Foundation. Can be taught as part of an NOCN course, Edexcel Award, or as an independent unit within General RE

A Tale of Two Cities downloadable version (1.86 MB)

To save this animation to play back later, right-click on the link above and choose "Save Target As" (Mac users, control-click and choose "Download Linked File"). You will need to have Macromedia Flash Player installed on your computer to play it back.

Poverty factsheet pdf (87.94 kB)

2-page .pdf version of Poverty factsheet

Share the future KS3/4 (1.01 MB)

An 18-slide powerpoint presentation featuring young people in Africa

Aid.pdf (112.71 kB)

2 page .pdf version of factsheet on aid to poorer countries

More than 700 campaigners rallied before delivering anti-poverty messages to every EU embassy in London [CAFOD]

Unfair trade rules: KS3 (29.25 kB)

CAFOD supporters take part in a Jubilee 2000 demonstration in 2000 [Barbara Crowther]

Debt factsheet.pdf (128.42 kB)

2-page factsheet for Key Stages 3&4 on different types of aid and their effects

Nontobeko Nkomo and Mongameli, aged two, at Empandeni Primary School, Zimbabwe. The lack of food is reaching a critical level - many families are starving [Annie Bungeroth]

Insufficient aid: KS3 (28.87 kB)

David Gwemani monitors the effects of IMF-designed Structural Adjustment Programmes in Zambia [Gideon Mendel]

Debt assembly (31.50 kB)

Assembly for secondary schools focussing on debt.

Unpayable debt: KS3 (32.38 kB)

Trade factsheet pdf (138.44 kB)

2 page factsheet for Key Stages 3&4 factsheet looking at international trade

Campaigners at the Global Week of Action for Trade Justice in April 2005 [TJM/Simon Rawles]

What will make poverty history? KS3 (25.33 kB)

Trading trainers game pack (2.39 MB)

Simulation game set in an imaginary Latin American shanty town, where small family businesses are making training shoes to sell to the local market. This 14 page resource pack contains everything you need to play the game.

Trade assembly KS3 & KS4 (36.50 kB)

Assembly showing how international trade rules affect trade in developing countries. Makes links to the Make Poverty History campaign.

A villager in Chukeni, Zambia, where the harvests have been hit by drought [Annie Bungeroth]

Wealth & Poverty Assembly (33.50 kB)

Assembly for Key Stages 3 & 4 focusing on the gap between the rich and poor.

Play Fair 1 (604.79 kB)

Autumn 2001: Trade is a moral issue that affects us all

Support CAFOD on eBay

Do you ever sell items on eBay? If so, you can register to donate a percentage of your item’s final selling price to CAFOD. You can register to donate anything from 10% to 100% of your item's final selling price

Gabriel Murwa and his wife with their last remaining cow from a herd of 100. The others have all died. [Richard Wainwright]

Last chance action on the Climate Bill

MPs are voting on the Climate Change Bill in October - we still need them to push for the UK to cut its emissions by at least 80%
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