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The idea of Jubilee comes from ancient times: an anniversary when debts were cancelled and justice restored. Today debt is causing immense suffering around the world. We will educate and mobilise campaigners around a 'Jubilee': financial reform to prevent the poorest paying for the debt crisis.

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    Situation

    Debt crises have gripped countries across the developing world for 30 years, but today also affect our own part of the world. Debt crises stand as a root cause of impoverishment and inequality. The spreading of the debt crisis to Europe could encourage global understanding and the need for radical reform. But unless we grasp this opportunity, the crisis will lead to a 'charity begins at home' mentality, with gains in understanding around global poverty being wiped out.

    Solution

    In 1996, Jubilee 2000 set out to change values: to educate and to organise people to fight the scourge of debt in low income countries. We used education to fight the ingrained value that repayment of debt is more important than any other ethical consider

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