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Action Youth Are Taking
Right from the
start youth have been involved in the anti-landmine movement. Today, youth
are an important part of the campaign and the work of the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines. There is so much that every individual can
do.
Some
Ideas for Action
- Take copies of the Youth Against War Treaty to your school, sports
team, friends and so on and collect signatures. (These forms are
available from CALM, check out the contact details on this site and
contact Chris Swain, and the treaty can be signed on line on this web
site).
- Fundraise to make a donation to the International Campaign
to Ban Landmines (ICBL): have a mufti day, sports day, raffle.
- Write letters to treaty non-signatories encouraging them to
join the Mine Ban Treaty. CALM will supply you with names and addresses
to write to.
- Educate the public: CALM can supply posters, publicity balloons,
bumper stickers, labels, postcards and videos. Contact CALM's convenor
John Head, his details are on this site.
- Set up a public display on landmines in your community. You
can get material for a display from John Head.
- Get chalk and decorate your school campus, playground or sidewalks.
Use it to educate, advertise events, or put pressure on government officials.
- Write letters to the editor of your local paper and national and
international publications, expressing your opinions about the landmines
issue and the actions you would like citizens and governments to take.
- Picket. Stand with notices or banners outside the embassies
of countries that have not joined the treaty. The main ones in Wellington
are the Russian, Chinese, United States and Indian
[see phone book for addresses].
- Join CALM and continue to be informed on the issues. [Send
your name and address to CALM, contact details are on this site. A donation
of $10 will help CALM post you the CALM Newsletter, or you can get it
by email].
- On September 2000 a 6-metre tall shoe pile was constructed underneath
the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Building a shoe pile is an excellent
way to raise awareness of the landmines issue in your community by symbolically
representing the limbs and lives lost to landmines.
It might all seem
overwhelming and "too big" initially, but there are small things
to do that will make a difference.
Watch this site
for developments and sign the Youth Treaty Against
War.
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