http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/6075 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/57097 Stop your money being pumped into oil. Friends of the Earth believes that the UK government shouldn't be using your money on projects - like the Sakhalin pipeline – that worsen climate change, endanger rare wildlife and harm communities. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56308 Local Amnesty International groups really do make a difference. They raise the profile of human rights in their local area and make connections with people around the world, helping them get released from unlawful detention. Find out more about groups working in your local area. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/56126 Tourism is an important source of income for the dictatorship in Burma, providing it with millions of pounds every year. Forced labour has been used to develop many tourist facilities – so why are travel companies promoting it as a tourist destination? Find out about how the Burma Campaign UK student network is boycotting tourism in Burma. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/55975 Something definitely worth making a noise about is bignoisemusic.com, a groundbreaking new venture brought to you by Oxfam International’s Make Trade Fair campaign. You can now help the world’s poorest people by downloading a choice of 300,000 tracks from artists like Coldplay, Faithless and George Michael. Check it out. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/55312 A People and Planet student group in Bristol has persuaded their catering firm to provide Fairtrade products. Students at Cotham High School have successfully negotiated with their catering facility - which is managed by the food services giant Sodexho - to provide Fairtrade chocolate bars in the canteen and Fairtrade tea and coffee in the common room. For more on Sodexho, see Corporate Watch UK. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/55116 Children are no longer just recipients of development projects but participants. Plan International UK has been involving children in the development process and promoting their rights since the mid 1990s. Learn more about the programmes they have set up. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54646 On the Right Track is a survey of young people’s views about the world, designed and implemented by a team of young people. Conducted in autumn 2003, the survey asked 11 to 18-year-olds across the UK for their opinions on local and global issues, community participation and rights education. This report of its findings records the views of 4,163 respondents. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54645 Young people around the world are better off today than earlier generations, but their lives are still complicated by a lack of education, poverty, health problems, unemployment and warfare, according to a UN report assessing the global situation of youth. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/53503 War on Want will have a major presence at Homelands, Glastonbury and Womad festivals this year as part of the Leftfield, a concept aimed at engaging young people in politics and human rights issues - using "music, comedy and a good to time as a conduit for our message". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/52831 "When decisions are made about you and your sexual and reproductive health, you have the right to be a part of making that decision." Learn about your rights in the Young Person’s Guide to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and Sexual and Reproductive Health. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/52573 Young activists, aged 18-25, will have the opportunity to discuss and develop new solutions to global issues such as trade, conflict and education and how it directly affects them and their communities, at the Oxfam International Youth Parliament this July in Australia. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/52538 Mountain biking. Night orienteering. Canoeing. Gorge scrambling. Test your physical and mental abilities - competing in teams of four - to win prizes and raise money for People & Planet. Activities take place in Dartmoor, 13-15 September. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/51985 Inspire young people with creative ways to tackle poverty. Goat for it is a fundraising and information resource for teachers, youth leaders and students, set up by Christian Aid. Goats are bringing health, better food and an income to families in poor communities. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/51728 Banglabangla enables young people to learn about life in Bangladesh through information provided by young people with experience of the culture and community. The project is co-ordinated by the Humanities Education Centre in Tower Hamlets. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/51727 Student Action for Refugees youth network is for all 16 - 18 year-olds across the UK who care about the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and want to get their voice heard and take action.