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NEWS 4:48 Challenge Raising money the hard way Climbing Carrauntoohill in Co. Kerry at the end of August, this group of Christian Aid supporters are nearing the climax of their monumental ‘4:48 Challenge’. The challenge was to climb the highest peak in each of Ireland’s four provinces, and to complete it in less than 48 hours. They succeeded in their quest, and they succeeded in raising thousands for Christian Aid’s work overseas. Sheep’s Head Hike World Changers Required A Northern Ireland politician once said that if just six of his constituents write to him about the same thing then it becomes an issue. Next year is a big year politically for the UK and Ireland. The G8 leaders’ summit will be taking place in the UK in May or June, while Ireland will hold the presidency of the European Union during the first half of 2013. This means that it’s the perfect opportunity to raise issues of global poverty with our politicians, as both the British and Irish governments will be in strong positions to take action that could make a huge difference to the world’s poorest. Around 130 people of all ages took part in this year’s Sheep’s Head Hike, raising nearly g6,000. This popular event at the beginning of September has become a regular feature in the Co. Cork calendar. Christian Aid would like to recruit 2 people in each political constituency across the island of Ireland. 4 Christian Aid Ireland Country Managers visit to Dublin Christian Aid’s Country Managers from Angola, Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, IoPT, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe met in Dublin for their Annual Global Meeting, funded by Irish Aid. They’re pictured here with some of their Irish colleagues. The meeting was an opportunity to share lessons learnt across Irish Aid funded programmes in their respective countries. They will learn more about the root causes of poverty that Christian Aid campaigns on, such as tax dodging, and they will write to and meet with their local politicians throughout 2013 to ensure that tackling poverty is high up the agenda with both the G8 and the European Union. We will provide campaign training and briefings that you can send to your politicians. If this sounds like something that you could do, then please contact David Thomas in Belfast, email dthomas@christian-aid.org, or Michael Briggs in Dublin, email mbriggs@christian-aid.org
COmpETITION WINNER “A stitch in time saves nine” ! tax () ? * % CARTOON competition TAX CARTOON WINNER We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Christian Aid Tax Cartoon Competition is Bairbre Smith from Booterstown, Co. Dublin with her cartoon “A stitch in time saves nine”. The judging panel, including Irish Times cartoonist Martyn Turner, really liked Bairbre’s colourful cartoon with a powerful message. Bairbre says of her cartoon, ‘This cartoon aims to portray how tax dodging companies assume different national identities in order to avail of their tax advantages. ‘It represents their approach as purely an accounting exercise with no regard for the nationalities being assumed, or the number of nationalities assumed. ‘It shows the corporate figure at the front switching to the next nationality, as long as it pays. ‘There is also the double meaning of the accountants depicted at their sewing machines, as if in a sweatshop, perhaps to suggest they are also being exploited.’ Bairbre wins the original ink drawing of martyn Turner’s cartoon ‘Twister’, which he created exclusively for Christian Aid. Christian Aid Ireland 5
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