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Two billion people – a third of humanity – still survive on less than $2 a day. Unfair trade rules keep them in poverty, but they face the global challenges of food shortages and climate change too. Fairtrade is a people’s movement for change that aims to tip the balance of trade in favour of poor producers. We all need Fairtrade more than ever and we all have the power to create positive change for people and planet.

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Don’t Trade Lives | GWSC Student Forum

Join passionate high school students from across Monash for an inspiring and empowering student-led forum discussing how YOU can act against modern-day slavery!

It is estimated that today there are 27 million people trafficked into slave-like conditions, many of them children forced to work in exploitative labour, the sex industry and cocoa farming.

At the student forum on April 1, hear how YOU can campaign against children being bought and sold by leading Vision Generation (VGen), World Vision’s national youth movement and supporting its anti-trafficking campaign, Don’t Trade Lives.

The Forum will be hosted by the Vision Generation Group at Glen Waverley Secondary College.

Read more about the DTL Campaign

At the Forum YOU will:

• HEAR from inspiring speakers Tim Costello, World Vision CEO, Chris Varney, Vision Generation National Co-Director and Charlotte Baines, Deputy Mayor City of Monash
• LEARN about the causes of human trafficking and slavery, and solutions like ethical consumerism
• DEVELOP your school’s plan of action against slavery and for Fairtrade Fortnight (2nd-16th May)
• ACT by joining the local Vision Generation Schools Network and support local consumer campaigns to make Monash a Fairtrade City!

Students will have the opportunity to take up leadership of Don’t Trade Lives by starting a VGen Group or resourcing an existing Social Justice Group.

Forum Event Details

Date: Wednesday 1st April Time: 12.30pm (registration) until 3.10pm
Venue: Glen Waverley Secondary College, 21 O’Sullivan Road, Glen Waverley
(right next to Glen Waverley Train Station)
Registration Details: Up to 5 students from each school can attend.
Please send a list of student names and contact details to gwsc@vgroups.vgen.org by Monday 23rd March (schools must organise their own student permission forms and transport)

Contact: For queries, contact Forum Organiser
Daniel Christiansz at gwsc@vgroups.vgen.org or on 0434 858 892
Note: Students will need to bring their own paper, pens and snacks for afternoon tea (light refreshments will also be served) All Forum details can be found athttp://www.vgen.org/vicevents