GOOD
NEWS ON HAITI DEBT
Last week we sent you a Bulletin
to “Cancel Haiti’s Debts & Provide Grants Not Loans.”
Today we learned that the world's
seven most industrialized nations (G7) have pledged to write
off their countries' debts with
Haiti. The G7 summit of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK,
US and Canada is taking place this
weekend in Canada.
Congratulations to all of us! We
are all standing in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in
Haiti through our prayer,
donations and calls for debt relief and grants not loans.
This action by the G7, which was
motivated in a large part by millions of persons like you,
creates strong momentum for the
cancellation of all of Haiti’s debts world wide. This is an
important step in ensuring that
the rebuilding of Haiti will not further burden the people there.
For updates on how the US Treasury
and the G7 will fulfill their commitments, visit.
http://www.jubileeusa.org/index.php
and http://jubileeusa.typepad.com/
ACTION
1. Share this good news with your
family, friends, coworkers and your faith community.
2. Celebrate the power of the
human community to make a difference.
3. Realize that we can do more to
bring peace with justice to our beleaguered planet.