AFRI: 30 years birthday & celebration

dublin | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Sunday January 09, 2005 19:06 by Afri

Afri event to mark their thirty years of action for peace and justice (Jan 16, Dublin)

Afri event to mark their thirty years of action for peace and justice (Jan 16, Dublin)
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You Still have to Laugh (The Seven Year Itch)
Afri will be 30 year's old in 2005 and a number of events are being organised to mark their thirty years of action for peace and justice.

The first event will take place on 16 January in the form of an evening of entertainment in The Sugar Club, Lower Leeson Street (beside Hourican's Pub, near the corner of Stephen’s Green) beginning at 8.00 p.m.

The evening will feature aware-winning writers Roddy Doyle, Pat McCabe and Conor McPherson as well as a number of surprise celebrity guests.

A night of funny and provocative entertainment is guaranteed for all.

All rounded off by music from one of Ireland's most talented and up-and-coming bands.

All proceeds will go towards Afri's work for peace and justice in its 30th year. Thickets cost Euro25 each and are available from Afri at
01 8827581/8827563

134 Phibsborough Road, Dublin 7
e-mail: [email protected]

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Afri is a small non-governmental organisation, which was founded in 1975. Originally, Afri's main work consisted of supporting poverty alleviation projects in Africa and Asia.

Following a re-elevation of its work in the early '80's, however, Afri changed its approach from a charity to a justice perspective. Realising that, despite the aid given by Afri and many other agencies, the situation in Majority World Countries was getting worse rather than better.

Afri decided to focus on some of the major causes of poverty. We identified unfair distribution of wealth, wastage of resources on the arms trade, Majority World debt, unfair trade and environmental destruction, as some of the major causes.

The 'Great Famine Project' was the main vehicle used by Afri to raise these issues throughout the late '80's and early '90's. In 1996, Afri published the LINKS Report. This marked a new departure in which the arms trade/militarisation has become a central focus of Afri's work.

We are particularly concerned about the number of companies in Ireland - North and South - participating in the arms trade and the militarisation of Ireland through participation in NATO's PfP, the emerging European army.

Afri works to promote justice, peace and human rights in Ireland and worldwide.