Everybody Has Rights by WITNESS / The Elders 9:54am 10th Aug, 2008   Oct 2008    Making Strides in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.    WITNESS and our partner Association des Jeunes pour le Developpement Integre (AJEDI-Ka) has just held high level meetings in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to demand urgently needed health care for more than 1.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS. As a result, "Awaiting Tomorrow," a video http://hub.witness.org/en/node/110 we co-produced with our partner will be used nationally to educate and generate support to address the issue of HIV/AIDS more forcefully.    Watch the trip vlog to learn more: http://hub.witness.org/en/TripDRC08    Legendary Photojournalist Poised to Break Massive Story    WITNESS is partnering with TED to help amplify the work of TED Prize winner James Nachtwey http://www.tedprize.org/nachtwey/, one of the best-known and most highly regarded photojournalists. Nachtwey has been working on a global photography project to capture the images of a severe health crisis. http://hub.witness.org/en/TED/XDRTB    The multimedia campaign, which works to raise awareness and inspire action to address this devastating disease, will be viewable via outdoor screenings on all 7 continents in 50 cities around the globe, online and featured on the Hub. To learn more about the project, see the latest updates: http://www.tedprize.org/nachtwey/    Highlights of the current Global Poverty Crisis in the lead up to Days of Action. "Be the Generation" http://hub.witness.org/en/BeTheGeneration is a video produced by Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Oxfam International, Save the Children and Comic Relief, as an education and outreach tool for the in my name campaign.    The focus of the in my name campaign is to pressure world leaders to implement the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. The MDGs are a set of goals signed by 189 world leaders in 2000 to address eight systemic issues ranging from poverty and hunger to gender equality and environmental sustainability.    Narrated by will.i.am, "Be the Generation" focuses on addressing global poverty (one of the issues of the MDGs), weaving historical footage, citizen activists, political leaders and celebrities with flash animations.    Please join us and over 50 million people by participating in the Global Call to Action Against Poverty from October 17th to 19th. Learn more about how you can take action. http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/    August 2008    Many of the world"s foremost human rights organizations have come together to bring the Every Human Has Rights campaign to life, to send the message that it"s time for people all over the world to reclaim the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and realize their own rights.    The Every Human Has Rights Campaign was initiated by The Elders, and is run in partnership with Action Aid, Amnesty International, Center for Women"s Global Leadership, CIVICUS, GCAP, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, Internews, Realizing Rights, Save the Children, UNICEF and WITNESS.    The WITNESS Hub is working with the Every Human Has Rights campaign to grow the global digital databank of human rights stories, in text, audio and video. You can upload your human rights stories from around the world. We want to hear from you, wherever you live, by visiting the link below. Email WITNESS / The Elders Visit the related web page
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